The Pradier fountain

This is a monumental fountain in white marble. Its main element, a standing young woman, allegorically represents the city of Nîmes. She is crowned by the city's emblematic Roman monuments: the arena and the colonnade of the Maison Carrée.
The main statue is surrounded by four seated statues, whose basins collect water. These four figures, two men and two women, represent four major rivers in the Nîmes region: the Fontaine de Nîmes, the mother source of the Roman colony, the Gardon, the Fontaine d'Eure and the Rhône. Each is identified by its Latin name, engraved on the base: Nemausa, Vardo, Ura and Rhodano.