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Fontana Contarini

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    September 1, 2025

    An octagon of white Zandobbio marble dominates the center of Piazza Vecchia, the most famous and popular square in the Upper Town. Statues of sphinxes, serpents, and lions guard the fountain around the basin.

    The monument, donated to Bergamo by Podestà Alvise Contarini in 1780, hasn't always stood where you see it today: for about 30 years, it was dismantled to make way for a statue of Garibaldi, then moved to the lower town in the early 1900s.

    A little curiosity: the Contarini Fountain now serves primarily an aesthetic purpose, but when it was first built, it served as a water reserve for domestic use and to combat drought.
    (c) visitbergamo.net/oggetto/fontana-contarini

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