Fontaine du Perron

The Pairon fountain (Andenne)

Standing on the Place du Perron, the fountain that you can see is the third of the name. The first one was built in 1764. It was formed of eight stone basins, placed on two rows. There were three steps between each basin. The citizens living in the vicinity were disturbed by this fountain, too close to their houses. It had mainly been set up to provide for the inhabitants’ water needs and to extinguish fires and it was demolished in the second half of the 19th century. A new fountain was built in 1860. That new fountain was erected a good distance away from the dwellings, but in 1909, new complaints were heard, owing to flooded cellars, and the fountain was demolished to the sound of pickaxes and hammers. The remains were used for our local roads. Today, a more recent and much smaller fountain decorates the square. It was created and cast by Guy Forthomme, a founder in Andenne, and was inaugurated on 20 June 1992 on the occasion of the town’s 1,300th anniversary.

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