Wallace Fountains

[DaveLister]

1 hour ago, Loiseau said:

Yes, thank you Lehaut for opening our eyes to these quirky structures. It's been fascinating to read about them

+1

[Lehaut]

My pleasure.

And the story continues, Nantes is adding 4 "new" ones to the Voyage de Nantes green line walk this year.

https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/loire-atlantique/nantes/voyage-a-nantes-2024-les-cariatides-des-fontaines-wallace-se-font-la-belle-sous-l-impulsion-de-cyril-pedrosa-2921421.html

[cajal]

An interesting and informative post.

Interesting in so much that I was unaware of the existence of Wallace and these dual-purpose artefacts (looks and serving a usefulness). Certainly something to visit if in a nearby location.

Informative by dispelling a 50+ year anomaly, for me, of the term "Wallace Collection".  You see, I always assumed that the name could be solely attributed to a 1960s band from Belgium who attained a certain amount of success throughout Europe during that 'pop' era.

Perhaps some of you of a certain age here will recollect this number they performed.

 

 

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[Lehaut]

Adding to my previous post about these fountains, the "Green Line" organisation  promised a more humorous take on them this year.

If you look closely at this fist one, she has a watering can in one hand

 

In this one they have "escaped"

And they have restored the original function of the fountains in that they provide fresh drinking water (well my wife has not succumbed to any ailments from drinking the water (yet))!