Fontaine Maubuée

The site was originally occupied by one of the oldest fountains in Paris, which had been built in 1392 by King Charles VI of France.

The name of the fountain referred to the either the bad vapors (mauvaise buée) or the bad washing, because of the poor quality of the water coming to the fountain from the springs of Belleville.

[1] The present fountain was built by Jean Beausire and his son, Jean-Baptiste Augustin, in 1733.

It is decorated with a bas-relief representing a rocaille vase, surrounded with roses and water plants.

[2] The older fountain on the site was the subject of a poem by François Villon.