Fontaine de la Croix-de-Pierre, Gothic fountain in central Rouen, France.

The Fontaine de la Croix-de-Pierre is a Gothic fountain in the heart of Rouen standing where two ancient streets meet. The structure features carved stone with pointed arches and intricate details that are typical of its architectural style.

A first fountain was built in 1517 beside a stone cross erected in 1197 by Archbishop Gautier de Coutances, fed by the Carville spring. Calvinists demolished it in 1562 and it was later restored. In 1774 the cross was pulled down and replaced by one atop the fountain, giving the name used today; in 1792 that cross became a bust of Marat, removed in 1795. Restored in 1816, the fountain was rebuilt to the same design in 1870 by architect Eugène Barthélémy, sculptor Alphonse Jean and statuary Fulconis.

The fountain takes its name from a stone cross erected in 1197 by Archbishop Gautier de Coutances beside the original 1517 basin. In 1774 that cross was demolished and replaced by a cross set on top of the fountain itself. From 1792 to 1795 a bust of Marat stood there instead, before the cross returned.

The fountain stands on the Place de la Croix-de-Pierre, at the foot of the Rue des Capucins where the streets Saint-Vivien and Saint-Hilaire meet. A low black metal fence with planter boxes surrounds its base, so it is seen from the surrounding pavement rather than approached closely. The Carville spring that once fed it lies well outside the city centre.

The fountain standing here is a replica: the 1870 rebuilding by architect Eugène Barthélémy, sculptor Alphonse Jean and statuary Fulconis reproduced the earlier structure, and the displaced original was moved to the square André-Maurois, in the garden of the Musée des Antiquités.