Fountain 26 and Fountain 27 Sauve 9th August

 

Fountain 26 

The faux source of the River Videron

I had been told by friends that the river suddenly bursts forth from a wall of the town

 and this slightly festering pool becomes a magnificent torrent in the rainy season. 

For centuries this was believed to be a source.

However in the 17th century, or so, an explorer and potamologist

 discovered the truth. That like the river Styx, the Videron is in part subterranean.

 It drops into a sinkhole and some kilometers later emerges again.

Apparently, natural underground rivers are not that unusual-

even the Mojave River, the legendary river of my Californian childhood.

Originating in the San Bernadino Mountains, where I had my first

experience of snow, and much later, a teenage love affair, 

it spends most of its 177km journey underground.

I recommend this eye opening film about water. We are all so naive and trusting.

For Love of Water- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMTXCW8qSCU

environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/global-water-footprint

 

Mademoiselle Lala visits Soave

 

 Fountain 27

Place de Claris de Florian 

 Fabulist 1755-1794

The rather an unfortunate Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian lost his mother as a child,
died quite young after several years imprisonment during the French Revolution,
 and is remembered for writing fables now considered only suitable for children.

Undoubtedly as a subconscious tribute,
a small boy released his brightly coloured sailboat into the fountain.