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Fontaine

Samoëns, Haute-Savoie, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La fontaine, sise place du Gros-Tilleul (non cadastré) : inscription par arrêté du 16 janvier 2015
Protection dates
2015/01/16 : inscrit MH
Type
fontaine
Main period of construction
18e siècle
Dates
1763
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
place du Gros-Tilleul
Commune
Samoëns
Département
Haute-Savoie
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.08335, 6.72719
Mérimée reference
PA74000025

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1680 map "La Savoia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La décision d'édifier une fontaine sur la place publique est prise le 26 juillet 1761 par une délibération du conseil de la communauté de Samoëns, afin que les septimontains puissent profiter d'une eau plus pure. Le 16 août 1761, les bourgeois de la ville décident d'y contribuer pour la fourniture en argent et par la fourniture des bois qui seront pris dans les endroits les plus à portée du bourg et de chaque hameau de ladite paroisse. Les habitants sont mis à contribution par le moyen des corvées nécessaires pour le transport des matériaux et creusement des canaux. L'ouvrage est confié aux frères Morrand de la paroisse de Sixt.

English translation

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The decision to erect a fountain in the public square was taken on 26 July 1761 by a resolution of the council of the community of Samoëns, so that the Samoëns inhabitants could benefit from purer water. On 16 August 1761, the townsmen of the city decided to contribute money and to supply the wood which would be taken from the places most easily accessible to the town and to each hamlet of said parish. The inhabitants were called upon to contribute by means of the corvées necessary for the transport of materials and the digging of channels. The work was entrusted to the Morrand brothers of the parish of Sixt.

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

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