Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.

As we said when we started this series, “Water is the soul of the garden.” – Chinese proverb. The spitter man we’re going to share with you today has a lot of soul. When we stumbled upon him and his shell on the way to the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy we had to stop [...]

The turtles were added in 1658 by request of the Pope du Jour… seems like an odd thing to add but it makes for a charming fountain. So nice of the nude guys to give them a lift over the edge.

Now I understand why one is supposed to save the best for last. I think I might have blown it sharing the unbeatable Fountain of the Moors on the first of 21 posts! However, I have a few more fountain tricks up my sleeve so hang in there for some surprises along the way…

“Water is the soul of the garden.” – Chinese proverb
For the next 21 Wednesdays, I’d like to share fountains we’ve loved with you. And without further blah blah I would like to present…