Maria Pavlovna had four Weimar city fountains redesigned in 1847, recognizable by the monogram "MP" on the fountain column, the top of which is a slender vase.

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna was born on February 16, 1786, in St. Petersburg, Russia, the daughter of the future Tsar Pavel I and his wife Maria Fedorovna, Princess Sophie Dorothea Auguste of Württemberg by birth.

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna worked for 55 years in all spheres of social life in the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach.