page_title: Medici Fountain
hierarchical_section_title: Medici Fountain
caption_attribution_description: English: Plate 9. Plan and elevation of the grotto in the garden of the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris. From Architecture françoise, Tome 2, Livre 3, Chapitre 8 (following p. 54 of the 1904 reimpression). For the original French text discussing this plate, see p. 55 of tome 2 (at Gallica).
context_page_description: The Medici Fountain is a monumental fountain in the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. It was built in about 1630 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France and regent of King Louis XIII of France. It was moved to its present location and extensively rebuilt in 1864-66.
context_section_description: The Medici Fountain (French: la fontaine Médicis) is a monumental fountain in the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. It was built in about 1630 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France and regent of King Louis XIII of France. It was moved to its present location and extensively rebuilt in 1864-66.
caption: Architectural drawings of the fountain from Blondel's Architecture françoise, vol. 2 (1752)
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