Fontaine des Innocents, Paris

This domed stone pavilion near Les Halles began life around 1549 as a wall fountain designed by Pierre Lescot, with slender relief nymphs carved by Jean Goujon, and was first raised for King Henry II's ceremonial entry into Paris. When the neighboring Cemetery of the Innocents was cleared for a market in the 1780s, the fountain was rescued and rebuilt as a freestanding monument, with the sculptor Augustin Pajou adding a matching fourth side. Water now tumbles down stepped basins on every face.