Fountain of the Palm

The Fontaine du Palmier or Fontaine de la Victoire is a monumental fountain located in the Place du Châtelet, between the and the , in the of .
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Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Fountain
  • Description: monumental fountain located in the First Arrondissement of Paris
  • Also known as: “fontaine du Palmier” and “Fontaine du Palmier”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Théâtre du Châtelet and Saint-Jacques Tower.

Theater building
Photo: ZeusUpsistos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a theatre and opera house, located on the Place du Châtelet in the , France. One of two theatres built on the site of a châtelet, a small castle or fortress, it was designed by Gabriel Davioud at the request of Baron Haussmann between 1860 and 1862.

Photo: Mbzt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tour Saint-Jacques is a monument located in the , France, on the Rive Droite. This 52-metre Flamboyant Gothic at the intersection of the Rue de Rivoli with Rue Nicolas-Flamel is all that remains of the former medieval Church… is situated 130 metres northeast of Fountain of the Palm.

Church
Photo: P e z i, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the , in the , France. is situated 540 metres south of Fountain of the Palm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quartier des Halles and 4th arrondissement.

Quarter
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Les Halles was 's central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished yet again in 2010, and replaced by the Westfield Forum des Halles, a modern built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.

Photo: Björn Söderqvist, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.

Suburb
Photo: Luctor IV, Public domain.
The is a historic district in , . It spreads across parts of the and arrondissements on the Rive Droite, or Right Bank, of the .

Fountain of the Palm

Latitude
48.8575° or 48° 51′ 27″ north
Longitude
2.34729° or 2° 20′ 50″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
Q3076281
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Fountain of the Palm” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Фонтан Палма”
  • Catalan: “Fontaine de la victoire”
  • Catalan: “Fontaine du Châtelet”
  • Catalan: “fontaine du Palmier”
  • Catalan: “Fontaine du Palmier”
  • Czech: “Fontaine du Palmier”
  • Czech: “Palmová fontána”
  • Dutch: “fontaine du Palmier”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة شجرة النخيل”
  • French: “fontaine de la Victoire”
  • French: “fontaine du Châtelet”
  • French: “fontaine du Palmier”
  • French: “Fontaine du Palmier”
  • French: “fontaine Palmier”
  • German: “Fontaine du Palmier”
  • German: “Palmenbrunnen”
  • Hungarian: “Fontaine du Palmier”
  • Italian: “fontaine de la Victoire”
  • Italian: “fontaine du Châtelet”
  • Italian: “Fontaine du Palmier”
  • Turkish: “Palmier Çeşmesi”

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