La Fontaine de Neptune
Marble fountain of Neptune, tritons and dolphins at the heart of a lively market square.
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This guide to the Neptune fountain on Place Carnot in Carcassonne begins with a royal visit in 1839 and the unusual thing the city chose to pour for its guests. It follows the marble sea gods and dolphins, the Italian sculptor and son who took two decades to finish the job, and the old herb market that still fills the square three mornings a week. Best heard standing beside the basin, close enough to catch the spray.
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