Place Félix Éboué

The centerpiece of this square is a grand, tiered fountain that originally stood miles away. Designed by the architect Gabriel Davioud in eighteen sixty-nine, it was first installed at the place du Chateau d Eau, which is the current place de la Republique. When that square was redesigned for a massive monument to the Republic, the fountain was dismantled. It arrived here in eighteen eighty-four to serve as the new anchor for what was then known as the place Daumesnil. Eight bronze lions, sculpted by Henri-Alfred Jacquemart, sit on the pedestals of the fountain and have spent over a century watching the traffic of this corner of Paris.