Granfonte (Leonforte)

Italy / Sizilien / Leonforte
Apart from "La Matricia", the Church of the mother of San Giovanni Battista and the Branciforte Palace of 1620, the Granfontana should be mentioned. This monumental cattle trough was built on the edge of the town in 1651 on the initiative of the town's founder. Under a wall of arcades, on which rest several boldly designed gables, the water pours out of 24 ducts into the bowl - "a magnificent example of an artistic solution to a practical problem in the Sicilian Baroque style"(Krånig).
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Coordinates:   37°38'1"N   14°23'14"E
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