Fontaine des Éléphants

E237992
city landmark historic monument monumental fountain tourist attraction

Fontaine des Éléphants is a monumental 19th-century fountain in Chambéry, France, featuring four large sculpted elephants and serving as the city’s most iconic symbol.

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Label Occurrences
Fontaine des Éléphants canonical 1
Monument des Éléphants 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city landmark ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ
monumental fountain ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Colonne de Boigne ⓘ
Fontaine des Éléphants ⓘ
surface form: Monument des Éléphants
architect Charles-Bernard Pellegrini ⓘ
Pierre-Victor Sappey ⓘ
architecturalStyle 19th-century monumental sculpture ⓘ
commemorates Benoît de Boigne ⓘ
constructionStart 1837 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 45.566°N 5.921°E ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dedicatedTo Benoît de Boigne ⓘ
describedAs most iconic symbol of Chambéry ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 270 metres ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage French ⓘ
hasPart basins ⓘ
central column ⓘ
four sculpted elephants ⓘ
statue of Benoît de Boigne ⓘ
water jets ⓘ
height approximately 17.6 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation Monument historique (France) ⓘ
surface form: Monument historique
heritageDesignationCountry France ⓘ
imageDepicts elephants ⓘ
inception 1838 ⓘ
locatedIn Chambéry ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Savoie ⓘ
locatedInContinent Europe ⓘ
locatedInOldTown yes ⓘ
locatedInRegion Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
locationType urban square ⓘ
materialUsed cast iron ⓘ
stone ⓘ
municipality Chambéry ⓘ
notableFeature four elephant heads projecting from the base ⓘ
water flowing from elephant trunks ⓘ
numberOfElephants 4 ⓘ
owner Chambéry ⓘ
surface form: City of Chambéry
publicAccess yes ⓘ
symbolOf Chambéry ⓘ
tourismCategory cultural tourism site ⓘ
usesWater yes ⓘ
yearOfHeritageDesignation classified 1957 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chambéry → hasLandmark → Fontaine des Éléphants ⓘ
Fontaine des Éléphants → alsoKnownAs → Fontaine des Éléphants ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monument des Éléphants