Fontaine du berger

The public garden bears witness not only to the city?s embellishment work, but also to the educational and cultural policies of the 1930s. The sculptures that adorn it (then a pillar of society) and the education of the people. The Fountain of the Shepherd (or Fountain of Spring) was created by sculptor Henry Proszynsky in 1932, commissioned by the French government. Semicircular, at one end it depicts a young shepherd, beret in hand, whispering in the ear of a young peasant girl wearing a large cape. At the other end, a ram dominates a group of ewes. The overhanging holding tanks were more recently were built more recently.