FLORENCE, ITALY – This morning it was dismantled and taken away the liberty fountain for natural water in Piazza della Signoria. The Superintendence for the artistic and architectural heritage has requested the removal considering it ugly, unattractive in the context of the magnificent location. The municipal government, which defended the location of the fountain after angry citizens, obliged to be so completely change project.
The new fountain will be built of a side door, in the outer wall of the Palazzo Vecchio, between the entrances of the Hall of Arms and the Town Hall. Publiacqua promises that will be ready very soon.
The old fountain was very popular (up to 100,000 liters supplied per month), but it obscured the view of the back of the fountain of Neptune.
“To place in an extraordinary setting the new fountain – says the chairman of Publiacqua, Erasmo D’Angelis – we started a detailed analysis of possible new locations considering the water intake pipes present. During the verification it was discovered the restyling of the small fake brick walls, built between the entrances of the Hall of Arms and the Town Hall. It was built to wall a small door that once led into an area of service. We decided to use the top for installation, redeveloping the entire wall recovering materials and original colors of the Palazzo Vecchio. It will be avoided even the slightest exception to the protection of the historic landscape of the square.”
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We first discovered Grom in Turin at Eataly and now I am busy tkacring all the Groms in Italy. San Crispino in Rome is also excellent, but our lovely friend Paolo makes my favourite gelato. Unfortunately he is no longer a walk across the river, but we makes regular expeditions to Gallicano to eat his hazelnut and pistachio gelato. I hope he will do the fig caramel again soon.