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Palermo - Fontana Pretoria in the Piazza Pretoria | Sicily - Palermo (04_IMG_9645.jpg)

Palermo - Fontana Pretoria in the Piazza Pretoria

This fountain is hardly subtle: It's adorned with depictions of allegories, animal heads, nymphs, monsters, ornamental staircases and balustrades, and, of course, gods and goddesses comprising an encyclopedia of Mount Olympus. One of the statuettes guarding the ramps is Ceres, the classical patroness of Sicily, depicted with a horn of plenty. The fountain is floodlit at night, making it a 24-hour sight.
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