I was just feeling nostalgic for Paris, and wanted to look back at my something I loved on my last visit to the City of Lights! What a lovely fountain this is, with a very strong Italian connection.

Built in about 1630, it was commissioned by Marie de’ Medici, the Italian-born widow (she was born in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence in 1575) of King Henri IV and regent of King Louis XIII. It was moved to its present location and extensively rebuilt in 1864-1866.