The Praetorian Fountain

 The Praetorian Fountain

•It is located in the heart of the historic centre and represents the most important landmark of Piazza Pretoria, Italy.

•The fountain was built by Francesco Camilliani in the city of Florence in 1554 but was transferred to Palermo in 1574.

•The fountain included 48 statues and was surrounded by a long arbour formed by 90 columns of wood.

•In 1573 the indebted Luigi de Toledo, on the verge of moving to Naples, sold the fountain to the city of Palermo.

•In fact, the Senate of Palermo decided to buy the building to place it in the square in front of the Palazzo Pretorio.

•On 26 May 1574 the fountain arrived in Palermo.

• To transport it, the fountain was disassembled in 644 pieces.

•However, the fountain arrived incompleted in Palermo. Some sculptures were damaged during the transport, others were maybe kept by Luigi de Toledo.

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