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Fontaine des Barres

Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Fontaine des Barres (cad. DX non cadastré, domaine public) : inscription par arrêté du 23 septembre 1949
Protection dates
1949/09/23 : inscrit MH
Type
fontaine
Main period of construction
17e siècle
Dates
1615, 1853
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
place des Barres
Commune
Limoges
Département
Haute-Vienne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.83199, 1.25688
Mérimée reference
PA00100347

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1607 map "Poictou" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cette fontaine alimentait autrefois la partie sud-est de la ville. Des sources captées, parcourant de longues galeries creusées dans le tuf, venaient se déverser dans un bassin de granit recouvert de barres de fer entrecroisées qui ont donné son nom à l'édicule. La pyramide fut construite en 1615. Des modifications ont été apportées en 1853. Un socle de granit cubique supporte une dalle carrée à bords moulurés. Sur cette table se dresse une pyramide de pierre dont les arêtes sont ornées d'un boudin. Sur l'une des faces, une petite console en ferronnerie semble avoir supporté une statue. En-dessous, deux petites niches plates ont dû recevoir un motif sculpté.

English translation

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This fountain formerly supplied the south-east part of the town. Captured springs, running through long galleries dug in the tuff, came to pour into a granite basin covered with crossed iron bars which gave its name to the structure. The pyramid was built in 1615. Modifications were made in 1853. A cubic granite base supports a square slab with moulded edges. On this table stands a stone pyramid whose edges are decorated with a moulding. On one of the faces, a small wrought-iron console appears to have supported a statue. Below, two small flat niches must have received a sculptural motif.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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