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giovedì 15 marzo 2007

Turtles' fountain (1585)- Fontana delle tartarughe (1585)


The popular legend, tells that the duke Mattei, whose palace appears himself on the square which accomodates the fountain, to astonish the future wife, the fountain made realize in a single day.
- La leggenda popolare, narra che il duca Mattei, il cui palazzo si affaccia sulla piazza che alloggia la fontana, per stupire la futura moglie, facesse realizzare in un solo giorno la fontana.

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