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Sign: Taormina - The fountain in Piazza Duomo


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Piazza Duomo, 7, 98039 Taormina ME, Italy
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On the sign:
FONTANA DI PIAZZA DUOMO
SEC.XVII - STILE BAROCCO - COSTRUITA NEL 1635 - NEL FASTIGIO IL CENTAURO EM BLEMA DI TAORMINA

XVIITH CENTURY BAROQUE FOUNTAIN ERECTED IN 1635 - NOTE AT THE TOP THE CENTAUR EMBLEM OF TAORMINA.
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Comments:
A baroque fountain from the 17th century. At the top of the fountain in the Duomo square is a statue of a centaur (a creature whose upper half is a man, and the lower half is a horse), a creature that symbolizes the city (and is also found in the city’s symbol)

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