🟌️ Fontana del Bacchino

Italy · Europe · 43.77°N, 11.25°E

Fontana del Bacchino is an Italian Renaissance sculpture of 1560 by Valerio Cioli (1529–1599) in the Boboli Gardens in Florence featuring a statue in the likeness of the famed dwarf buffoon from the court of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Nano Morgante modeled after Bacchus and riding a tortoise. In 1572 the statue was turned into a fountain.

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Country	Italy
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	43.77°N, 11.25°E · view on map

Fontana del Bacchino is located in Italy, in Europe.

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