Fontaine des Innocents

The Fontaine des Innocents is a monumental public fountain located on the in the Les Halles district in the of , .
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  • Type: Body of water
  • Description: water fountain in Paris
  • Also known as: “fontaine des Innocents”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Centre Georges Pompidou and Châtelet–Les Halles station.

Arts center
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The Centre Pompidou, more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in , France. is situated 320 metres east of Fontaine des Innocents.

Railway station
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is a major train hub in and the largest underground station in the world. Opened in 1977, it is the central transit hub for the Paris metropolitan area, connecting three of five RER commuter-rail lines and five of sixteen Métro lines. is situated 130 metres northwest of Fontaine des Innocents.

Church
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, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the , in the , France. is situated 1 km south of Fontaine des Innocents.

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.

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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
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is a neighbourhood in the which has been known historically as a multicultural textile and garment manufacturing district.

Fontaine des Innocents

Latitude
48.86064° or 48° 51′ 38″ north
Longitude
2.34802° or 2° 20′ 53″ east
Height
0.3 metres (0.98 feet)
Width
0.3 metres (0.98 feet)
Open location code
8FW4V86X+76
Open­Street­Map ID
way 52469222
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­fountain
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Wiki­data ID
Q1435791
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Ukrainian—“Fontaine des Innocents” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Fontaine des Innocents”
  • Czech: “Fontána Neviňátek”
  • Czech: “Fontána_Neviňátek”
  • Dutch: “fontaine des Innocents”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة الابرياء”
  • Finnish: “Fontaine des Innocents”
  • French: “fontaine des Innocents”
  • French: “Fontaine des Innocents”
  • French: “fontaine des nymphes”
  • German: “Fontaine des Innocents”
  • Hebrew: “מזרקת התמימים”
  • Hungarian: “Aprószentek szökőkútja”
  • Italian: “Fontana degli Innocenti”
  • Japanese: “イノサンの泉”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Hont deus Innocents”
  • Portuguese: “Fontaine des Innocents”
  • Russian: “Фонтан невинных”
  • Russian: “Фонтан Невинных”
  • Serbian: “Фонтана невиних”
  • Spanish: “Fuente de los Inocentes”
  • Swedish: “Fontaine des Innocents”
  • Turkish: “Fontaine des Innocents”
  • Turkish: “Masumlar Çeşmesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Фонтан невинних”
  • “עם”

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Highlights include Rue Saint-Denis and Maison du geste et de l’image.

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