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Porcellino Fountain (Florence)

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  • Location: Firenze, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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    July 24, 2021

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    Pass a coin over the boar's tongue and drop it if you hit the hole you can make a wish
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    May 19, 2023

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    The Fontana del Porcellino is one of the most popular sculptures in Florence and goes back to a Greek model. The marble original is now in the Uffizi Gallery. It …
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    November 2, 2023

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    Pig Fountain
    Popular tradition has it that touching the Pig's nose brings good luck, which in fact shines due to the continuous daily polishing of hundreds of hands. The complete procedure for obtaining a good omen would consist of putting a coin in the mouth of the Little Pig after rubbing its nose: if the coin falls past the grate where the water falls it will bring good luck, otherwise not. In reality the inclination is such that only the heaviest coins easily fall into the slots.
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