Bologna, Italy Fountain Of Neptune

Piazza e Fontana del Nettuno is one of the very essential squares and fountains of Bologna.

Looking to the course of Piazza dell Nettuno from Via dell' Independenzza.

The rectangular and fountain is in a busy region of Bologna and is a popular public assembly location, not most effective for tourists however for locals as properly. It is placed adjacent to Piazza Maggiore. No one misses this when they may be in the coronary heart of the city. There are however lesser crowds right here within the morning than in the course of the rest of the day.

The fountain is from the paintings of Giambologna (Jean de Boulogne), a Flemish sculptor who moved to Italy. You can find maximum of his works in Florence wherein he was one of the Medici's outstanding court docket sculptors. He became now not allowed to leave the town later on in his lifestyles and profession, due to the fact the Medici's were afraid he is probably pirated via different cities and kingdoms. That simply suggests how important he turned into as a sculptor at some stage in his time. Although if I become him I would have resented the Medici's. Freedom is valuable in my view.

Trivia: Did you understand that the emblem of Maserati was inspired from the Fountain of Neptune sculpture? Check out the trident of the sculpture.

Of direction, as with each city, it has its very own folklore good fortune story. If you observe young people (local students) on foot counter clockwise across the fountain, they're hoping for a few kind of good good fortune allure, a divine assist intervention perhaps, for his or her upcoming tests.

It was advised that Giambologna walked across the pedestal twice trying to parent out what sculpture he would create, and well, you know how the relaxation of the story is going. We are but humans, and some of us have a tender spot for superstitutions.

I also would like to feature that there is something with Italy and Neptune. Neptune is the god of sea and water in Roman faith. His counterpart in Greek mythology is Poseidon. He represents electricity, vigor, vitality and creativeness. You can find similar statues of Neptune everywhere in the united states of america. The most popular one is the Fountain of Neptune statue in Florence wherein Giambologna was additionally partly concerned in.

Think approximately these little nuggets of statistics while you go to Bologna and pass via Piazza del Nettuno =)

The Library of Salaborsa is one of the homes flanking Piazza dell Nettuno.

Morandi Museum at the right and Enzo Palace at the left, sandwiching Piazza dell Nettuno.

Fountain of Neptune.

One of the four lactating maidens as pedestal pillars at the back of me =)

The marble stairs of Biblioteca Salaborsa.

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Travel Period: May 2019
Destination: Bologna (Emilia Romagna), Italy

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