Palermo, the capital city of Sicily

Fountain of Shame

Fontana Pretoria, the magnificent fountain on Piazza Pretoria, Palermo, was carved by the Florentine sculptor Francesco Camilliani in 1554 and 1555. Originally intended for a private Florentine villa and not a public square, the fountain is adorned with nude figures and when it was first unveiled in 1575 at Piazza Pretoria, there was outrage at all this nudity: since then it has always been referred to as Fontana della Vergogna, or “Fountain of Shame”.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Fri Oct 14, 1994
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