Religious Places

The Capodimonte Fountain

After the basilica of the Madonna del Buon Consiglio, there are the remains of a fountain built in 1939 by will of the Duchess Elena d’Aosta, wife of Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, on a project by Giovanni Mongiello and Amedeo Teolato.it consists of some pillars with two side arches, while in the centre remains one of the three original coats of arms under which is placed the epigraph "Donata da Elena Duchessa d’Aosta. At the centre of the cornice, which supports five obelisks, another inscription recalls the date of construction. The water comes out from five lion mouths, three bigger ones, placed in the middle where there is also a rectangular basin, and two smaller ones, in correspondence of the side arches and of other two small basins.

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