Saint-Sulpice Fountain was also a New Renaissance structure, built in 1844 and located in the square before Saint-Sulpice Church.
The fountain consisted of three concentric circles. Four lions crouched at the four directions of the second tier, while the tier above the lion statues held four statues of men, representing Bossuet, Fénelon, Massillon, and Fléchier, preachers from the age of Louis XIV.
This stone fountain was not as magnificent as the river god and sea god statues at Place de la Concorde, but the Rose Line transmitted from the Paris Observatory passed through it.
Standing in the square surrounded by New Renaissance buildings, one could hear the organ playing inside Saint-Sulpice Cathedral behind them. Across from the church stood the town hall of the Paris 6th Arrondissement. During the day, the place was crowded with staff, but they had all gone home now, and the organ music would not interfere with their work.
The fountain had four water spouts that resembled two-handled jugs, with two human faces where the "handles" should have been. Legend had it that Janus was the Roman god of gates, with two faces facing forward and backward—or four faces facing the four directions.
Janus was the god of origins, presiding over beginnings and entrances...
The head of Slytherin spoke Parseltongue to the fountain. That hoarse, whisper-like voice sounded evil and dark, truly unsuited to be spoken before a church.
Nothing happened. Just as he gave a cold laugh and prepared to continue investigating, Felix appeared, carrying a backpack in one hand.
"He's not going," Felix said, setting the backpack on the edge of the fountain.
"Who isn't going?" Severus asked.
"That Italian football kid," Felix said coldly.
"Where doesn't he want to go?" Severus asked.
"The Louvre Museum," Felix said.
"I never said I wanted him