List of Aesop-themed fountains in the labyrinth of Versaillles, with a map of the grounds, from Jacques Bailly, Le Labyrinthe de Versailles, ca. 1675. While the book lists 38 fountains, a 39th was added at a later date.
Featured on PDR in the essay Marvellous Moderns: The Brothers Perrault
Charles Perrault is celebrated as the collector of some of the world’s best-known fairy tales. But his brothers were just as remarkable: Claude, an architect of the Louvre, and Pierre, who discovered the hydrological cycle. As Hugh Aldersey-Williams explores, all three were able to use positions within the orbit of the Sun King to advance their modern ideas about the world.
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List of Fountains in the Labyrinth of Versaillle with Map
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Date
ca. 1675
From
Le Labyrinthe de Versailles
