Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Fontaine publique
Ambonnay, Marne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- La fontaine (cad. non cadastré, à la rencontre des routes de Bouzy et de Trépail) : inscription par arrêté du 5 novembre 2003
- Protection dates
- 2003/11/05 : inscrit MH
- Type
- fontaine
- Main period of construction
- milieu 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1854
- Architect or builder
- Tortrat fils (architecte)
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- place de la Fontaine
- Commune
- Ambonnay
- Département
- Marne
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 49.07767, 4.17137
- Mérimée reference
- PA51000009
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1758 map "BnF, département Cartes et plans, GE FF-18595 (79)" (Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Fontaine construite en 1853 par l'architecte Tortrat, à la demande de la municipalité qui voulait s'approvisionner en eau potable. L'ouvrage mesure cinq mètres de haut, avec une vasque polygonale de quatorze mètres de périmètre. La fontaine est un témoignage de la vie des villageois au 19e siècle.
English translation
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History
Fountain constructed in 1853 by the architect Tortrat, at the request of the municipality which wanted to provide itself with drinking water. The structure measures five metres high, with a polygonal basin of fourteen metres perimeter. The fountain is a testimony to the life of the villagers in the 19th century.
Nearby in the register
- Croix de chemin en pierrecroix de cheminunder 1 mi
- Égliseégliseunder 1 mi
- Égliseéglise2 mi
- Château de Louvoischâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.