It is worth buying a ticket to the terrace of the Monastery of St. Catherine in Palermo. It offers the best view in the city of the legendary Fountain of Shame in Piazza Pretoria.

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Mannerist fountain from the middle of the 16th century, originally designed for a villa garden in Florence. The well-Catholic Palermitans found the permissive sculptures in the middle of their city allegedly offensive for a long time. Is it true?

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Location: Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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