place des Terreaux

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    underground rail: Hôtel de Ville

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Lonely Planet review

The centrepiece of Presqu'île's beautiful place des Terreaux is a 19th-century fountain made of 21 tonnes of lead and sculpted by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi of Statue of Liberty fame. The four horses pulling the chariot symbolise rivers galloping seawards.