Fontaine de la Place Igor Stravinsky
N 48° 51.572 E 002° 21.095
31U E 452440 N 5412043
The café-lined square next to the Centre Pompidou and backed by the church of St-Merri has a fountain that's a longtime kid magnet.
Waymark Code: WMVDK
Location: France
Date Posted: 10/16/2006
Views: 237
Métro: Rambuteau.
It's animated by the colorful and imaginative sculptures of French artist Niki de St-Phalle, together with the aquatic mechanisms of her Swiss partner, Jean Tinguely. A bright blue hat twirls manically while an elephant spits water; the figure with the golden corona was inspired by Stravinsky's Firebird. The fountain is technically not part of the Centre Pompidou, but it fits right in.
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