Place du Cap fountain

You’re now standing in front of the oldest fountain in the city. Built in 1779, it was thanks to this very fountain that water was brought into Menton for the first time. Originally, it stood just a few metres from here, by the archway you can see on Rue des Logettes. Once known as the Saint-Antoine Gate, it marked the entrance to the town and led straight to Rue Longue, the main street of Menton’s old town, just behind it. In fact, during Roman times, that street was part of the Via Julia Augusta, one of the region’s major roads. The fountain was later moved to this spot to make it easier to find and to give visitors a chance to admire a true 18th-century relic—a small but meaningful milestone in the history of the town.