The Fontana del Carciofo or Fountain of the Artichoke is a monumental public fountain in central Naples, located in Piazza Trieste e Trento, just adjacent to the Piazza del Plebiscito. In the 1950s, plans were made to move the historic Fountain of Monteoliveto depicting the Spanish King to this site. However opposition to the move by the Consiglio Superiore delle Belle Arti, led the city to install this modern fountain featuring a vegetable instead and it was inaugurated in 1956.[1] The area is maintained by the adjacent Caffe Gambrinus. The Church of San Ferdinando faces the piazza.
Fountain of the Artichoke | |
---|---|
Italian: Fontana del Carciofo | |
Year | 1956 |
Type | Marble |
Location | Naples |
40°50′14″N 14°14′55″E / 40.8372°N 14.2487°E |
References edit
- ^ Napoligrafia entry on fountain.
🔥 Top keywords: Akademia e Shkencave e RPS te ShqiperiseAlexandria Ocasio-CortezBilderberg GroupCristiano RonaldoDong XiaowanMinecraftOperation GladioPrimal cutRiot FestStrictly Come Dancing (series 7)Main PageSpecial:SearchWikipedia:Featured picturesChirag PaswanMichael Mosley (broadcaster)2024 European Parliament electionDragon Boat FestivalUnion Council of MinistersHit Man (2023 film)Cleopatra2024 ICC Men's T20 World CupCarlos AlcarazDeaths in 20242024 Indian general electionThird Modi ministryNXT Battleground (2024)Bad Boys: Ride or DieUEFA Euro 2024Yolanda SaldívarSelenaJordan BardellaGlen PowellRam Vilas PaswanKinjarapu Ram Mohan NaiduProject 2025YouTubeKalki 2898 ADJrue HolidayNational RallyMarine Le PenSabrina CarpenterNarendra ModiEmmanuel MacronAdria ArjonaMiley Naa Miley Hum.xxxChatGPT2024 French legislative electionNirmala Sitharaman