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This 17th-century fountain features four sculpted male heads at the four cardinal points. Each is differentiated, as if to symbolize the geographical orientation it designates.
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Senez's historic fountain gave its name to the square where it was built. Two factors lead us to date it from the second quarter of the 17th century, although we can't be certain of this in the absence of archival documents. Firstly, its stylistic similarity to other dated fountains of the same type (notably in Moriez, 1644). In addition, the construction of the seminary in 1644 by Bishop Louis Duchaine, the oldest recorded building in Senez, marks the beginning of the real urbanization of...
