Nicchio (Seashell) fountain
Fonte dei Pispini
Via dei Pispini
Siena, April 2024
“This most beautiful fountain, built at the expense of the neighborhood's residents in around 1540, was originally constructed on the little piazza of the church of Santa Chiara nei Pispini. Now however, we can admire it instead in the piazza di Santo Spirito. It was moved there in 1936 to make way for the passage of large military vehicles entering the barracks adjacent to its first location. A 1903 picture of it standing in its original location can be seen in Fabio Bargagli-Petrucci's ‘Le Fonti di Siena ed i loro acquedotti’.” (Fonte dei Pispini, The Diana Association)
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