FONTE A MARINA (MARINE FUNTAIN)
"I CANALI"
(THE CANALS)

IT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY OF THE TOWN UP TO THE PAST CENTURY. THE FOUNTAIN IS MADE UP OF SIX HEAD USUALLY ATTRIBUTED TO NICOLA PISANO. BUT, ACCORDING TO A RECENT PHILOLOGICAL RESEARCH A NEW HYPOTHESIS IS TAKING SHAPE: THE HEADS OF THE FOUNTAIN OF THE CANALS COULD HAVE BEEN SCULPTURED BY FRANCESCO GULINI IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 17th CENTURY.


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