Fontaine Saint-Sulpice
The Fontaine Saint-Sulpice is a monumental fountain located in Place Saint-Sulpice in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was constructed between 1843 and 1848 by the architect Louis Visconti, who also designed the tomb of Napoleon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fountain
- Description: fountain in Paris, France
- Also known as: “Fontaine des Quatre Évêques” and “fontaine Saint-Sulpice”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint-Sulpice Church and Sciences Po.
Saint-Sulpice Church
Church
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The Church of Saint-Sulpice is a Catholic church in Paris, France, on the east side of Place Saint-Sulpice, in the 6th arrondissement. As tall as Notre-Dame, it is the largest church in the city. Saint-Sulpice Church is situated 120 metres east of Fontaine Saint-Sulpice.
Sciences Po
College
Photo: Celette, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sciences Po or Sciences Po Paris, also known as the Paris Institute of Political Studies, is a public research university located in Paris, France, that holds the status of grande école and the legal status of grand établissement. Sciences Po is situated 460 metres northwest of Fontaine Saint-Sulpice.
Orsay Museum
Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. Orsay Museum is situated 1 km northwest of Fontaine Saint-Sulpice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 6th arrondissement and Left Bank.
6th arrondissement
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
As with Paris itself, the 6th Arrondissement is hard to write about without using superlatives. There's a bit of everything here, from the busy sidewalks of Paris' main art Gallery scene to the expansive green spaces and under-tree cafés of the Jardin…
Left Bank
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
The Left Bank in travellers' terms generally refers to the "Left Bank" of the River Seine in the French capital city of Paris. The Left Bank defies precise definition but generally refers to those arrondissements on the southern bank of the river as it flows…
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Quarter
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Saint-Germain-des-Prés is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
Fontaine Saint-Sulpice
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.85087° or 48° 51′ 3″ northLongitude
2.33328° or 2° 19′ 60″ eastOpen location code
8FW4V82M+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 2130849713OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainWikidata ID
Q1619388
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Spanish—“Fontaine Saint-Sulpice” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Fontána Saint-Sulpice”
- Dutch: “fontaine Saint-Sulpice”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة سانت سولبيس”
- French: “fontaine des orateurs sacrés”
- French: “fontaine des Quatre Évêques”
- French: “fontaine des quatre points cardinaux”
- French: “fontaine Saint-Sulpice”
- French: “Fontaine Saint-Sulpice”
- Hungarian: “Szent Sulpice szökőkút”
- Italian: “Fontana di Saint Sulpice”
- Italian: “Fontana di Saint-Sulpice”
- Polish: “Fontanna Saint-Sulpice”
- Russian: “Фонтан Четырех Епископов”
- Spanish: “Fuente Saint-Sulpice”
- “fontaine Saint-Sulpice”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fontaine Saint-Sulpice”. Photo: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0.