Fontana Delle Tette, Marble fountain sculpture in Palazzo dei Trecento, Treviso, Italy.
Fontana Delle Tette is a marble sculpture fountain in Palazzo dei Trecento, Treviso, Italy, showing a female figure pressing her breasts. Water flows continuously from both nipples into a stone basin below.
Mayor Alvise Da Ponte commissioned the fountain between 1559 and 1560 during a severe drought in Treviso. It served as a public water source for the city's residents.
During official celebrations in Venetian times, red wine flowed from one breast and white wine from the other for three days instead of water. This tradition ended in 1797 with the fall of the Venetian Republic.
The 1989 reconstruction stands in the courtyard of Palazzo Zignoli, accessible through the gallery off Calmaggiore. The fountain can be viewed during the regular opening hours of the palace.
The original 16th century sculpture now rests in the loggia beneath Palazzo dei Trecento. The daily functioning copy in the courtyard was installed to protect the aging marble.
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