Parks & GardensParks & GardensFontaine des Danaïdes
Réformés
Fifty women pour water into a bottomless barrel for eternity: this dramatic 1907 Art Nouveau fountain brings a brutal Greek myth to life in stone. Sculptor Jean Hugues, a Prix de Rome winner, captured the Danaïdes' endless penance with haunting elegance.
Art Nouveau sculpture
Mythological fountain
Historic monument
Carrara marble
Tips
🏛️sculptor Jean Hugues won the Prix de Rome
⚱️the 50 daughters killed their husbands on their wedding nights
🍕grab pizza from the van at the corner
Fontaine des Danaïdes
RéformésOpens Friday at 8:00 AM
Parks & GardensParks & GardensFifty women pour water into a bottomless barrel for eternity: this dramatic 1907 Art Nouveau fountain brings a brutal Greek myth to life in stone. Sculptor Jean Hugues, a Prix de Rome winner, captured the Danaïdes' endless penance with haunting elegance.
Art Nouveau sculpture
Mythological fountain
Historic monument
Carrara marble
Tips
🏛️sculptor Jean Hugues won the Prix de Rome
⚱️the 50 daughters killed their husbands on their wedding nights
🍕grab pizza from the van at the corner