Fontaine du Roi René

As part of the 600th anniversary of the birth of King René in 2009 took place the restoration of the statue of King René, protected under the Historic Monuments. The fountain of King René is located on the site of an ancient fountain in the form of pyramid and trout under the R&eute;volution. It is composed, in its lower part, of a circular basin and a white marble pedestal with four faces, two of which are decorated with a medallion (representing Jean Matheron de Salignac, a fellow priest and minister of the French Republic);and minister of the king René and Palam de Forbin, grand sénéchal, governor and lieutenant-general of Provence) and two other inscriptions relating the titles of the king died à Aix-en-provence on July 14, 1480.in the upper part stands the statue of King Renaud, also in white marble, designed by Pierre Revoil and sculpted by David d’Angers in 1822. He holds a sceptre in his right hand and a bunch of muscat grapes in his left. The whole, weighing 6.6 tons, was brought to Paris. The journey to Aix, on board a tank equipped with a platform, took a month.

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