点评:During our visit to the Parliament Building of Quebec, we stopped to admire the Fontaine de Tourny. The beautiful fountain is located in a large traffic circle in front of the Parliament Building.
The huge bronze fountain is gorgeous with cascades of falling water and classically styled statues reclining around the central column. A fun feature of the fountain is the circle of frogs spraying water upwards and toward the fountain's center.
We later learned the interesting story of how the fountain came to be in Quebec. Originally erected in Bordeaux France in the 1800s, the fountain was acquired by an antiques dealer after the fountain was torn down to make way for a parking lot. It was then discovered in a warehouse by a member of the family behind the Canadian department store chain La Maison Simons. The Simons family purchased and restored the fountain that they donated to Quebec City as part of the city's 400th anniversary.
Winter Visit Note: We visited the Fontaine de Tourny during late August when the fountain was in its full glory with cascading and spraying water and surrounded by small beds of flowers. Winter visitors might not be able to enjoy the full beauty of the fountain - we were told that during winter months, the fountain water is turned off to prevent freezing.
翻译:在参观魁北克议会大厦期间,我们驻足欣赏了图尔尼喷泉(Fontaine de Tourny)。这座美丽的喷泉位于议会大厦前方的一个大型环形交叉路口。
巨大的青铜喷泉美不胜收,瀑布倾泻而下,古典风格的雕像环绕着中央的柱子。喷泉的一大亮点是一圈青蛙向上喷水,朝着喷泉中心喷水。
后来,我们了解了这座喷泉在魁北克诞生的有趣故事。它最初建于19世纪的法国波尔多,后来被一位古董商收购,用于建造停车场。后来,它被加拿大连锁百货公司西蒙斯百货(La Maison Simons)的一位家族成员在一个仓库里发现。西蒙斯家族购买并修复了这座喷泉,并将其捐赠给魁北克市,作为该市建城400周年庆典的一部分。
冬季游览须知:我们于八月底参观了图尔尼喷泉,当时喷泉水流如注,喷水声阵阵,周围环绕着小花坛,景色美不胜收。冬季游客可能无法欣赏到喷泉的全部美景——我们被告知,冬季期间,喷泉水会关闭,以防止结冰。