Fountain of the Rosello, Renaissance fountain in Sassari, Italy

The Rosello fountain in Sassari is built of white marble with dark stone panels, arranged as two stacked rectangular blocks. Eight lion-head spouts and four dolphin-head spouts release water, while four statues of the seasons stand at the base. The upper block is crowned by four corner turrets and two crossed arches supporting an equestrian statue of San Gavino.

The Gurusellu spring fed a Roman aqueduct supplying Turris Libisonis, today's Porto Torres, and served travellers crossing the nearby gate. Genoese craftsmen rebuilt it as a fountain between 1603 and 1606, funded by a public levy of 1,000 scudi. In 1795, during the anti-feudal revolts, three of the four season statues were destroyed; four replacements were installed in 1828, and the surviving original, Summer, is kept at Sassari's Palazzo Ducale.

The fountain's name comes from the Sardinian "funtana di Ruseddu". Its four corner turrets with battlements stand for Sassari, while two cylindrical turrets carry the vertically striped arms of the House of Aragon. An equestrian statue of San Gavino, the Turritan martyr and city patron, tops the crossed arches.

The fountain sits at the end of Rosello valley near the historic district and is easy to reach on foot. The structure continues to function as a water source and can be freely visited by travelers.

Around 300 water carriers once transported water daily from this fountain to households across the city, carrying filled barrels on donkeys. These workers formed an essential supply system that shaped urban infrastructure long before modern pipes arrived.