Fontaine de la Porte Dorée, Bronze fountain in 12th arrondissement of Paris, France.

The Fontaine de la Porte Dorée is a roughly 70-metre-long cascade on Place Édouard-Renard: a 12-metre-square upper basin fed by three concentric half-circle bowls, then seven rectangular basins 8 metres long and 1.5 metres wide, ending in a small semi-circular outlet basin. At the east end a gilded bronze Athena, about 5 metres tall, stands on a stone pedestal, spear in her right hand, shield at her left side, wearing a Gallic helmet.

The gilded bronze Athena, about 5 m tall, was made by Léon-Ernest Drivier for the 1931 Exposition coloniale, where it stood on the peristyle of the palais de la Porte Dorée under the title La France apportant la paix et la prospérité aux colonies. The statue had first been commissioned from Antoine Bourdelle for that peristyle. In 1935 the architect Louis Madeline laid out place Édouard-Renard, and the statue was moved there to crown the new cascade.

The square is officially named square des Anciens-Combattants-d'Indochine, after soldiers of the Indochina war, while the fountain's site is place Édouard-Renard. The gilded Athena was first titled La France apportant la paix et la prospérité aux colonies for the 1931 Exposition coloniale. Sculptor Alfred Janniot mocked the figure in 1930, saying it looked more like a gendarme than France.

The fountain is located at Place Edouard-Renard where several major streets meet, in the area near Bois de Vincennes. You can approach it easily from the surrounding sidewalks and view the entire installation from different angles.

The statue of Athena wears a Gallic helmet instead of a Greek one, blending classical mythology with French symbolism in an unexpected way. This detail often goes unnoticed at first glance but reveals the artist's intent to merge two cultural traditions.