FONTAINE STANISLAS

King of Poland and Duke of Lorraine, Stanislas Leszcynski took the waters at Plombières. During his last visit to the town, he gave a "feuilleillée" to his granddaughters Mesdames Adelaïde and Victoire, daughters of Louis XV, near the Civrac barn. There, he learned that he was running a curious fountain above this place. He was led there in a sedan chair and when he saw it, he was delighted and cried out: "It is one of the beauties of nature and I want it to bear my name". This spring was well worthy of Stanislaus' attention; it is remarkable for the site that surrounds it. The rock overhanging it bears four inscriptions in honour of Stanislas, one of which was engraved in 1766, dating from the tragic death of the King, and another one composed in 1813 by the Chevalier and then Marquis de Boufflers (1738-1815), son of the spiritual Marquise who often came to Plombières at the King's side. On the left, a head is carved on a small rock and reminds us that Berlioz wrote his opera Les Troyens here, in 1856 and 1857.

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