Dolphin Fountain
- Type
- Fountains
- Area
- City centre
- Time
- about 10 min
- When
- any time, evenings included
The Dolphin Fountain stands in the gardens of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, near the port. It dates from 1876 and was part of the nineteenth-century work on the aqueduct; it has been moved several times, most recently because of work on the road to the station.
The design is simple and successful: on a circular rose rises a marble basin with three dolphins, which pour water into the basin, and from there the water falls through four spouts into the pool below.
Nearby
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- Stazione SuccursaleThe great British steamers of the Indian Mail docked at this quay: the mail and passenger line that, between the nineteenth and twentieth…
- Porta RealePorta Reale stood here, the gate that closed the city off from the sea: the sea brought trade, but also the risk of invasion.
- Church of Santa Maria del MonteSanta Maria del Monte is a very old church: an official document of 1231 already mentions it.