Maritime Fountains in Paris

:fountain:More than 200 Paris fountains, originally built to provide its residents with the drinking water, now represent the masterpieces of arts & beauty :heart_eyes:. The oldest ones date back to the XVI century, the newest continue to rise nowadays.
:fountain:Place de La Concorde Fountains, completed in 1840, risk to be the most beautiful, full of amazing decorations & meaningful symbols.
:fountain:The Maritime Fountain is dedicated to the maritime commerce across the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean :ocean:. One can find tens of figures of tritons, nereids, shells :shell:& pearls, each representing in general navigation :sailboat:, commerce :balance_scale: and astronomy​:sparkles:.
:fountain:The Fountain of Rivers is dedicated to the rivers Rhône and Rhine & abundant harvests due to them. Thus, you will easily recognize it by figures of wheat :ear_of_rice:, grapes :grapes:, flowers :bouquet: and fruit :apple:.
:fountain:When being in Paris, don’t miss a chance to admire these fountains in their full beauty. Specially at night time ;)!

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Wonderful fountain @uavalentine

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Thank youuuu @mdimran0809 !!!

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