MAKE A MEME View Large Image Projet de fontaine monumentale qui devait orner la place de la Bastille.jpg Artwork In 1811 a decree was signed allowing for the construction of a bronze elephant fountain in the Place de la Bastille as proposed by Napoléon In an effort to ...
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Keywords: Projet de fontaine monumentale qui devait orner la place de la Bastille.jpg Artwork In 1811 a decree was signed allowing for the construction of a bronze elephant fountain in the Place de la Bastille as proposed by Napoléon In an effort to commemorate his army the Emperor envisioned a fountain that discharged water from the elephant's trunk A winding staircase was to be built inside one of the elephant's legs and the total height of the structure was to measure 72 feet Despite the grandeur of the project military conflicts with Spain interfered with the construction process and Napoléon's reign ended before the project could be completed 1875-1882 lithograph 11 x 11 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line Published in Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer Paris à travers les âges Paris Firmin-Didot et cie 1885 accession number 1189454971281250 PD-old Lithographs of Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library Paris à travers les âges Éléphant de la Bastille
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