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Grande fontaine

Boult, Haute-Saône, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La grande fontaine, en totalité (cad. section C, domaine public, à proximité des parcelles 53 et 174) : inscription par arrêté du 5 décembre 1996
Protection dates
1996/12/05 : inscrit MH
Type
fontaine
Main period of construction
1er quart 19e siècle
Dates
1820
Architect or builder
COSTAIN Georges (architecte)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Boult
Département
Haute-Saône
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
47.38192, 6.00066
Mérimée reference
PA70000002

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1760 map "145 Vesoul." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La fontaine a été édifiée au nord-est du village, au pied du château. Construite en 1820-1821 sur les plans de l'architecte Georges Costain, elle réunit lavoir, abreuvoir et fontaine, et présente un plan en arc de cercle axé sur l'édicule qui abrite la fontaine. La galerie couverte qui abritait les laveuses s'ouvre sur les bassins par une colonnade, prévue en bois par l'architecte, mais construite en pierre en 1821. En 1861, la fontaine a été déplacée de quelques mètres vers le nord.

English translation

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The fountain was erected north-east of the village, at the foot of the castle. Built in 1820-1821 according to the plans of architect Georges Costain, it combines wash-house, watering trough and fountain, and presents a semi-circular plan centred on the aedicule that houses the fountain. The covered gallery that sheltered the laundresses opens onto the basins through a colonnade, planned in wood by the architect, but built in stone in 1821. In 1861, the fountain was moved a few metres to the north.

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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