One of the most famous fountains in Germany - Paradise Fountain in Aachen - a hallmark of the city. Its age is quite impressive, because the fountain was built more than a century ago and was able to survive during all wars virtually intact. Year of its official opening is considered to be 1897, when at the crossroads of Aachen temples, where it was active cemetery, it was necessary to put a monument symbol.

The fountain is constructed of interesting stone - sandstone, and its shape, as well as the entire composition, symbolic. The figures, which are located on the fountain, is a designation of the four violent rivers - the Euphrates, Tigris. Pishon and Gijon. Are well known and the images that decorate the fountain on all four sides. The water that flows from the fountain symbolizes eternity.

Paradise Fountain is one of the jewels of the city, it is inside a beautiful courtyard and is not only a monument to history and architecture. Also, it should be noted that the fountain is part of the ensemble, and its shape in harmony with arched windows and stone pavement.