Region of Fribourg

The tourist region of Fribourg offers you unforgettable experiences... Lake, city or mountains, discover a real land of values!


Fribourg Meeting offers you the possibility to comfortably organize your future seminars or congresses.

Choose a region

La Gruyère
Fribourg
Estavayer-le-Lac
Region
Region
Murtensee
Schwarzsee -
Senseland
Romont Région
Les Paccots
- La Veveyse

What are you looking for?

Choose a region

Welcome to the website of Fribourg Region and its tourist regions. Please select on the map the region you wish to discover and browse through its offers. We wish you a lot of fun!

swiss map
La Gruyere
Fribourg
Estavayer-le-Lac
Region
Région Lac
de Morat
Schwarzsee-
Senseland
Romont
Les Paccots
You are in the region
Search

Fountain of the Baptist

Fontaine St-Jean
Planche-Supérieure
1700 Fribourg

The Fountain of the Baptist is located on the Planche-Supérieure, near the former St. John Commandery.

Its fluted column is decorated with a frieze of tritons and mermaids holding up coats of arms and its composite capital with the heads of Herod, Herodias, Salome, and St. John the Baptist. The statue of the Baptist takes on the typical balanced pose of Renaissance art but is draped in a typically Gothic manner. The octagonal basin and its base of stone from Solothurn were redone in 1901 and the bronze spouts, the dolphins that hold them up, and the lions' muzzles date from 1760.

Information

Fribourg Tourisme et Région
Place Jean-Tinguely 1
Case postale 448
1700 Fribourg

Fontaine St-Jean
Planche-Supérieure
1700 Fribourg

External links

Report an error

More information

We use cookies to provide you with a better experience.

By browsing this site, you accept the Data Protection Policy, as well as the use of cookies to collect statistics for the purpose of continually improving the website.

Close