Monument a La Fontaine

Revisit Paris and rediscover the city

Despite the mainly cold, drizzly weather we had a great time in a beautifully converted Airbnb appartment very close to the Gare du Nord - perfect for a short stay via the Eurostar from London. I know...

This statue is of Jean de La Fontaine a 17th century French poet and fabulist.

This life sized standing bronze statue is of the noted French poet and fabulist Jean de la Fontaine (1621 - 1695) and is located at the entrance to the Jardin du Ranelagh. La Fontaine is portrayed as ...

Writer of fables

This is a very interesting statue in the Jardin du Ranelagh. The first time I saw this I found it very intriguing but could find no information about the subject at the time. Researching on-line later...

The famous swimming pool author

Original Text

The French legendary writer Jae de Lafonten (1621-1695) invented not all his fairy tales, but recounted (on his own lad) works of ancient Greek (Esop) and medieval authors. Also you can read the article "Kr ...

Here is who the real author of the fairy tale is

Original Text

I accidentally saw this monument in Paris, at the exit of the museum. I didn't understand anything from the plate except the name of the person to whom it was devoted. It was unknown to me until Lafonten. I started asking about ...