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Fontaine Molière

The Fontaine Molière is a fountain in the , at the junction of the Rue Molière and the Rue de Richelieu. Its site was occupied by a fountain known as the Fontaine Richelieu until 1838, when it was demolished due to interfering with traffic flow.
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Photo: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Fountain
  • Description: fountain in Paris, France
  • Also known as: “fontaine Moliere” and “fontaine Molière”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include École Nationale des Chartes and Orsay Museum.

College
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The is a French grande école and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at the , and later at the . is situated 210 metres north of Fontaine Molière.

Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a in , , on the of the . It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. is situated 1 km southwest of Fontaine Molière.

Theater building
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The is a 750-seat Parisian theatre at 38 rue de Montpensier, located at the northwest corner of the in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais. is situated 100 metres northeast of Fontaine Molière.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 1st arrondissement and 2nd arrondissement.

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The centre of contemporary and the site of such landmarks as the Louvre and of the Tuileries and Palais-Royal, the is full of attractions for travellers of all inclinations, including some of the finest parks, museums, shops, and bars in the city.

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The of Paris is one of the financial centres of Europe, being home to the Bourse and thus the CAC 40 index you hear about in world financial news. Other major activities in the neighbourhood are journalism and fashion.

Suburb
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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 shopping mall built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.

Fontaine Molière

Latitude
48.86549° or 48° 51′ 56″ north
Longitude
2.33661° or 2° 20′ 12″ east
Levels
3
Open location code
8FW4V88P+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 54097804
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­fountain
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q3076047
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Fontaine Molière” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Font Molière”
  • Catalan: “fontaine Molière”
  • Catalan: “Fontaine Molière”
  • Chinese: “莫里哀噴泉”
  • Czech: “Fontaine Molière”
  • Czech: “Molièrova fontána”
  • Dutch: “fontaine Molière”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة موليير”
  • French: “fontaine Molière”
  • French: “Fontaine Molière”
  • Spanish: “Fuente Moliere”
  • Spanish: “Fuente Molière”

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Highlights include Place Mireille and La mort de Molière.

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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 Molière”. Photo: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.