Fountain of Warsaw

The Trocadéro Fountain, also known as the Warsaw Fountain, is a fountain located in the Trocadéro Gardens, situated below the Palais de Chaillot in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Photo: Mario Sánchez Prada, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Body of water
Description: fountain in Paris, France
Also known as: “fontaine de Varsovie”, “Fontaine de Varsovie”, “fontaine du Trocadero”, “Fontaine du Trocadéro”, and “Trocadéro Fountain”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Eiffel Tower and Musée de l’Homme.

Eiffel Tower

Photo: Benh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Eiffel Tower is a lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Eiffel Tower is situated 470 metres southeast of Fountain of Warsaw.

Musée de l’Homme

Museum

Photo: Pso, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Musée de l'Homme is an anthropology museum in Paris, France. It was established in 1937 by Paul Rivet for the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne. Musée de l’Homme is situated 190 metres northwest of Fountain of Warsaw.

Pont d’Iéna

Bridge

Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.

Pont d'Iéna is a bridge spanning the River Seine in Paris. It links the Eiffel Tower on the Left Bank to the district of Trocadéro on the Right Bank. Pont d’Iéna is situated 220 metres southeast of Fountain of Warsaw.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Passy and 16th arrondissement.

Passy

Suburb

Photo: Chivista, Copyrighted free use.

Passy is an area of Paris, France, located in the 16th arrondissement, on the Right Bank. It is adjacent to Auteuil to the southwest, and Chaillot to the northeast.

16th arrondissement

Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.

This large district occupies most of the West of Paris, extending east-west between the bends of the Seine from the Jardins of Trocadero immediately facing the Eiffel Tower to the expansive Bois du Boulogne, and north-south from the Etoile to the southern border of Paris.