This 17th-century fountain features four sculpted male heads at the four cardinal points. Each is differentiated, as if to symbolize the geographical orientation it indicates.
Description
The historic fountain of Senez gave its name to the square where it was built. Two factors lead to dating it to the second quarter of the 17th century, although there is no certainty, in the absence of archival documents. Firstly, the stylistic similarity with other fountains of the same type (notably in Moriez, 1644). Furthermore, the construction in 1644 of the seminary by Bishop Monseigneur Louis Duchaine, the oldest recorded building in Senez, marks the beginning of the real urbanization of the village and the necessary amenities that followed, such as the development of a hydraulic network allowing a constant water supply. A preformed concrete washhouse was added to the original basin at the beginning of the 20th century; it remained in place until the end of the 1990s, before a renovation of the square including the fountain and the surrounding buildings.
The fountain is composed of a circular limestone basin and a column carved from the same mineral.
source: General inventory of cultural heritage of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region