Rue la
Fontaine
Metro : Michel-Ange Auteuil,
Jasmin, or Eglise d'Auteuil.
Not to be confused as associated with
the
famous fabulist Jean de la Fontaine, this 16th century street more
simply derived its name from a fountain that provided drinking water to
Parisians across several centuries. The attraction of this street is
its Art Nouveau atmosphere, a style most famously marked in Paris by
the Metro entrances designed by Hector Guimard at the turn of the 19th
century, but best described here by the beautiful Castel
Béranger, located at number 14 and whose addition in 1898
assured the street’s reputation. Art Nouveau, with its stylised floral
volutes had taken root. Today, at number 17, Café Antoine has
managed to preserve several Art Nouveau tiled floors. Further along, la
rue Agar cultivates the floral theme in the lettering of its street
sign. Marcel Proust was born in this street at number 96.
PARIS
MYSTERIOUS :
Trocadero
and Palais de Chaillot history
Arc-de-Triomphe
Les Champs-Elysées
La Place de la Concorde
L'Opéra Garnier
Père-Lachaise Cemetery
Pigalle
Notre-Dame
Musée d'Orsay
Musée du Louvre
Montmartre
La Madeleine
Buttes-Chaumont
Les Invalides
Ile St-Louis
Bastille
Tuileries Gardens
Saint-Sulpice
Musée
Marmottan
Eiffel Tower
Passages and Galeries
Palais-Royal
