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Fountain
A relief on an early Renaissance water basin with the coat-of-arms of the monastery. -
La Fontana Maggiore
The fountain was built in 1275-1278. And it's still standing in the main square. Here we see: The she-wolf that fed Romulus, Remus and their mother Rea Silvia; Two of Aesop's fables (the fox and the crane and the wolf and the lamb); January (a gentleman and his wife at the hearth - Aquarius) -
La Fontana Maggiore
Here we see: May (two Knights on Falconry - Gemini); June (the harvest and flailing - Cancer); July (the threshing and the division of wheat - Lion). -
La Fontana Maggiore
Here we see: The Lion Guelph and the Griffin of Perugia; with a bit of December on the left and a bit of Grammar and Dialectic on the right. -
Fonte Gaia
The first fountain was built in 1342, this one was made in 1419 by Jacopo della Quercia. -
Fonte Gaia
The original statues are kept in a museum, these are some (old) copies. -
Pozzo dei Grifi e dei Leoni
Two griffons and two lions holding the Medici coat of arms.