{"id":202439,"date":"2024-06-20T14:03:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=202439"},"modified":"2024-06-19T15:34:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T13:34:40","slug":"fontaines-wallace-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/fontaines-wallace-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Connaissez-vous l&rsquo;histoire des fontaines Wallace ? Elles ont sauv\u00e9 les parisiens en 1871 !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ces superbes fontaines<strong> vertes en fonte<\/strong> que l&rsquo;on croise r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement dans les rues de Paris ont une <strong>histoire remarquable.<\/strong> Elles ont \u00e9t\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9reusement <strong>offertes<\/strong> \u00e0 la capitale il y a <strong>plus de 150 ans<\/strong> pour sortir ses habitants d&rsquo;une impasse difficile&#8230; On vous raconte !<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/f.info.pariszigzag.com\/f\/p?q=n4l6TIJ-xaXwmPcVukeg0JIv3j35jY1Hp2d9b9w0MxToUZjbYmkjQJFGucEje1zlUsrplyzy9fTMEuGtw5Uuk4Po\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-169879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/inscription-newsletter-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/f.info.pariszigzag.com\/f\/p?q=n4l6TIJ-xaXwmPcVukeg0JIv3j35jY1Hp2d9b9w0MxToUZjbYmkjQJFGucEje1zlUsrplyzy9fTMEuGtw5Uuk4Po\" width=\"800\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/inscription-newsletter-1-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/inscription-newsletter-1-1-700x65.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/inscription-newsletter-1-1-768x71.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Richard Wallace, le donateur<\/h2>\n<p>\u00c0 la fin de l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e <strong>1871<\/strong>, apr\u00e8s des mois de si\u00e8ge par les forces prussiennes, Paris vient de vivre son plus <strong>rude hiver<\/strong> et sa p\u00e9riode insurrectionnelle la plus violente : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/la-commune-de-paris-1871\/\"><strong>la Commune<\/strong><\/a>. Les Parisiens ont eu extr\u00eamement <strong>froid<\/strong> (la temp\u00e9rature descendait en-dessous de -20\u00b0 !) et <strong>faim<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/siege-paris-cannibales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">au point de manger les animaux du zoo<\/a>&#8230; mais aussi <strong>soif,<\/strong> car de nombreux<strong> aqueducs ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9truits <\/strong>pendant la guerre et le prix de l&rsquo;eau a flamb\u00e9 ! C&rsquo;est alors qu&rsquo;un <strong>riche collectionneur anglais, <\/strong>install\u00e9 dans la capitale depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es, d\u00e9cide <strong>d&rsquo;offrir des fontaines<\/strong> \u00e0 la Ville de Paris pour permettre \u00e0 tous se d\u00e9salt\u00e9rer : il s&rsquo;appelle <strong>Richard Wallace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62571\" style=\"width: 389px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Fontaine_Wallace_Paris_1911.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Fontaine_Wallace_Paris_1911.jpg\" alt=\"Fontaine_Wallace,_Paris,_1911\" width=\"389\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Fontaine_Wallace_Paris_1911.jpg 389w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Fontaine_Wallace_Paris_1911-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Fontaine_Wallace_Paris_1911-387x500.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Fontaine_Wallace_Paris_1911-200x258.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Fontaine_Wallace_Paris_1911-220x283.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Fontaine_Wallace_Paris_1911-120x154.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">De jeunes hommes et gar\u00e7ons s&rsquo;abreuvent \u00e0 une fontaine Wallace, en 1911.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>De magnifiques fontaines<\/h2>\n<p>Pour ce philanthrope, la mission est double : apporter<strong> de l&rsquo;eau potable en libre-acc\u00e8s<\/strong> mais aussi par la m\u00eame occasion <strong>embellir la ville<\/strong>. Les fontaines doivent donc s&rsquo;ancrer harmonieusement dans l&rsquo;architecture urbaine de Paris et \u00eatre con\u00e7ues comme<strong> de v\u00e9ritables \u0153uvres d\u2019art <\/strong>! Richard Wallace fait alors appel au sculpteur <strong>Charles-Auguste Lebourg,<\/strong> dont il connait les talents pour avoir recouru \u00e0 ses services \u00e0 plusieurs reprises. Fondues en Haute-Marne, les fontaines <strong>en fonte de fer<\/strong> sont\u00a0r\u00e9alis\u00e9es en quatre mod\u00e8les.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62565\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paris_Montmartre_fontaine_Wallace_dsc07302.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paris_Montmartre_fontaine_Wallace_dsc07302.jpg\" alt=\"fontaines-wallace-paris-zigzag\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le grand mod\u00e8le (gauche), compos\u00e9 de quatre caryatides mesure pr\u00e8s de 2,71 m\u00e8tres. Le mod\u00e8le \u00e0 colonnes (droite), plus petit et plus simple, mais moins cher \u00e0 la fabrication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62568\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled.png\" alt=\"fontaines-wallace-paris-zigzag\" width=\"800\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled.png 1901w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled-445x300.png 445w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled-1024x690.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled-768x518.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled-1536x1035.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled-742x500.png 742w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled-200x134.png 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled-220x148.png 220w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled-1040x700.png 1040w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled-120x80.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le mod\u00e8le en applique (gauche) s&rsquo;accole \u00e0 un mur. Les petits mod\u00e8les \u00e0 bouton-poussoir (droite) sont souvent install\u00e9s dans les parcs et jardins publics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>O\u00f9 sont les fontaines Wallace ?<\/h2>\n<p>Eug\u00e8ne Belgrand, le p\u00e8re du <a title=\"Les 10 trucs insolites sous Paris\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/sortir-paris\/lieux-insolites\/10-trucs-insolites-sous-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">r\u00e9seau d&rsquo;\u00e9gouts<\/a>\u00a0et de la <a title=\"La Poste pneumatique et souterraine de Paris\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/la-poste-pneumatique-et-souterraine-de-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poste pneumatique<\/a>\u00a0parisienne, est charg\u00e9 de <strong>d\u00e9finir les emplacements<\/strong> de ces fontaines. Il choisit, en commun accord avec le philanthrope anglais, des<strong> lieux\u00a0strat\u00e9giques <\/strong>qui permettent un acc\u00e8s au<strong>\u00a0plus grand nombre<\/strong>. La premi\u00e8re de ces fontaines est install\u00e9e en ao\u00fbt 1872 sur le <strong>boulevard de la Villette<\/strong>. Plusieurs dizaines d&rsquo;autres seront install\u00e9es dans <strong>tous les arrondissements<\/strong> de la capitale dans les ann\u00e9es qui suivent. Si elles ne sont plus toutes <strong>en \u00e9tat de marche<\/strong>, une centaine de fontaines Wallace sont encore r\u00e9parties dans la capitale aujourd&rsquo;hui et fournissent de l&rsquo;eau potable en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral <strong>du 15 mars au 15 novembre<\/strong>. Bon \u00e0 savoir pour la prochaine grande soif de cet \u00e9t\u00e9 !<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/f.info.pariszigzag.com\/f\/p?q=n4l6TIJ-xaXwmPcVukeg0JIv3j35jY1Hp2d9b9w0MxToUZjbYmkjQJFGucEje1zlUsrplyzy9fTMEuGtw5Uuk4PoGLTo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-150905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/desktop-scaled-e1694678542935.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/f.info.pariszigzag.com\/f\/p?q=n4l6TIJ-xaXwmPcVukeg0JIv3j35jY1Hp2d9b9w0MxToUZjbYmkjQJFGucEje1zlUsrplyzy9fTMEuGtw5Uuk4PoGLTo\" width=\"1000\" height=\"103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/desktop-scaled-e1694678542935.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/desktop-scaled-e1694678542935-700x72.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/desktop-scaled-e1694678542935-768x79.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Cr\u00e9dit photo de une : <\/strong>Fontaine Wallace \u00a9 Ville de Paris<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c0 lire aussi :<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"Les fontaines les plus insolites de Paris\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/sortir-paris\/lieux-insolites\/fontaines-insolites-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Les fontaines les plus insolites de Paris<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A. C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ces superbes fontaines vertes en fonte que l&rsquo;on croise r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement dans les rues de Paris ont une histoire remarquable. Elles ont \u00e9t\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9reusement offertes \u00e0 la capitale il y a plus de 150 ans pour sortir ses habitants d&rsquo;une impasse difficile&#8230; On vous raconte ! Richard Wallace, le donateur \u00c0 la fin de l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e 1871, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":202461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"Fontaines Wallace : elles ont sauv\u00e9 les parisiens en 1871 !","_seopress_titles_desc":"Connaissez-vous l&#039;histoire des fontaines Wallace ? 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