{"id":217775,"date":"2024-11-26T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=217775"},"modified":"2024-11-27T17:10:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T16:10:36","slug":"fontaine-saint-michel-paris-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/fontaine-saint-michel-paris-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sur quelle fontaine parisienne se trouve ce dragon mal\u00e9fique ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cr\u00e9\u00e9e au XIXe si\u00e8cle, cette <strong>fontaine-mur<\/strong> est l&rsquo;une des plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres de la Rive gauche. Avec ses 26 m\u00e8tres de haut, elle s&rsquo;impose comme un v\u00e9ritable monument rec\u00e9lant de nombreuses cr\u00e9atures mal\u00e9fiques.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Une commande du baron Haussmann<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cette fontaine est un vestige du Paris remani\u00e9 par les grands travaux du <strong>baron Haussmann<\/strong>. Si la Rive gauche et ses ruelles m\u00e9di\u00e9vales ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9serv\u00e9es en partie, le chantier s&rsquo;est tout de m\u00eame charg\u00e9 de percer le boulevard Saint-Michel, faisant na\u00eetre une grande place \u00e0 son croisement avec la place Saint-Andr\u00e9-des-Arts. Et pour orner cet angle, le baron a ainsi ordonn\u00e9 la construction d&rsquo;une grande fontaine : celle que l&rsquo;on nomme aujourd&rsquo;hui la <strong>fontaine Saint-Michel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_217787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217787\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-217787 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-3.jpg\" alt=\"La fontaine Saint-Michel photographi\u00e9e \u00e0 la fin du XIXe si\u00e8cle par Neurdein\" width=\"940\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-3.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-3-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-3-802x1024.jpg 802w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-3-768x980.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-3-157x200.jpg 157w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-3-80x102.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-3-500x638.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-3-700x894.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-3-392x500.jpg 392w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-3-300x383.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La fontaine Saint-Michel photographi\u00e9e \u00e0 la fin du XIXe si\u00e8cle par Neurdein<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Une fontaine monumentale<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Avec ses 26 m\u00e8tres de haut, cette fontaine richement orn\u00e9e est devenue l&rsquo;un des monuments embl\u00e9matiques de la Rive gauche. Celle-ci a \u00e9t\u00e9 con\u00e7ue en 1858 par l\u2019architecte <strong>Gabriel Davioud<\/strong>, qui a d\u00fb faire\u00a0appel \u00e0<strong>\u00a0neuf sculpteurs\u00a0<\/strong>pour donner forme aux nombreuses figures qui la d\u00e9corent. Chacun d&rsquo;eux a donc \u00e9t\u00e9 charg\u00e9 de r\u00e9aliser une figure, parmi l\u2019ange, les chim\u00e8res, le rocher, les bas-reliefs et les vertus cardinales.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179725\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-179725 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag.jpg\" alt=\"La fontaine Saint-Michel \u00e0 Paris\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-749x500.jpg 749w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-899x600.jpg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La fontaine Saint-Michel \u00e0 Paris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Entre le bien et le mal<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cette fontaine illustre<em> L&rsquo;<\/em><i>archange Michel\u00a0terrassant le\u00a0Diable\u00a0<\/i>: au centre d&rsquo;un grand arc de triomphe, on aper\u00e7oit la <strong>figure ail\u00e9e du saint<\/strong> symbolisant la bont\u00e9 c\u00e9leste, accompagn\u00e9e par quatre statues repr\u00e9sentant les vertus. Puis, en contrebas, un ensemble de cr\u00e9atures mal\u00e9fiques sont associ\u00e9es au terrestre.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_217785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217785\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-217785 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-2.jpg\" alt=\"La fontaine Saint-Michel\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-2-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-2-80x107.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-2-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-2-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-2-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adobestock_fontaine-saint-michel-paris-zigzag-2-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La fontaine Saint-Michel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>L&#8217;emplacement de la fontaine n&rsquo;est alors pas anodin, le carrefour \u00e9tant bien souvent imagin\u00e9 comme un lieu de rencontre avec le Diable. Il s&rsquo;agit toutefois de la <strong>derni\u00e8re fontaine-mur<\/strong>\u00a0construite \u00e0 Paris dans la tradition\u00a0renaissante. En effet, lors de son inauguration en 1860, de nombreuses critiques ont \u00e9t\u00e9 faites \u00e0 son \u00e9gard, les d\u00e9tracteurs lui reprochant de ne pas \u00eatre au centre de la place, et trouvant \u00e0 son \u00e9clectisme beaucoup d&rsquo;incoh\u00e9rences.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00c0 lire \u00e9galement : <a title=\"Que repr\u00e9sentent les \u00e9tranges sculptures de la fontaine Stravinsky face au centre Pompidou ?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/sortir-paris\/tendances-culture\/fontaine-stravinsky-sculptures-paris\/\">Que repr\u00e9sentent les \u00e9tranges sculptures de la fontaine Stravinsky face au centre Pompidou ?<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Image \u00e0 la une : <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">La fontaine Saint-Michel &#8211; \u00a9 Adobe Stock<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cr\u00e9\u00e9e au XIXe si\u00e8cle, cette fontaine-mur est l&rsquo;une des plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres de la Rive gauche. Avec ses 26 m\u00e8tres de haut, elle s&rsquo;impose comme un v\u00e9ritable monument rec\u00e9lant de nombreuses cr\u00e9atures mal\u00e9fiques. Une commande du baron Haussmann Cette fontaine est un vestige du Paris remani\u00e9 par les grands travaux du baron Haussmann. Si la Rive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":217784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"Sur quelle fontaine parisienne se trouve ce dragon ? 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