Illustration Patrimoine

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) PALACE OF VERSAILLES, LATONA'S FOUNTAIN. INSPIRED BY OVID'S METAMORPHOSES, LATONA'S FOUNTAIN ILLUSTRATES THE LEGEND OF THE MOTHER OF APOLLO AND DIANA PROTECTING HER CHILDREN FROM THE INSULTS OF THE LYCIAN PEASANTS AND ASKING JUPITER TO AVENGE HER. HE DID SO BY TURNING THEM INTO FROGS AND LIZARDS. Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM