Fontana vecchia, Medieval fountain in L'Aquila, Italy

Fontana Vecchia is the name of two fountains at the opposite ends of Piazza del Duomo in L'Aquila, called capo piazza (east) and piè di piazza (west). Both have three tiers: a circular basin, a smaller basin on a cross-shaped base, and an upper bowl supporting a bronze statue of a nude youth blowing a conch shell, with four dolphins spouting water between the middle base and the bowl. The statues date to 1927 and the dolphins were added in 1931, all by Nicola D'Antino.

Two fountains already stood at the ends of Piazza del Duomo in 1303, when the city market was set up on the newly paved square with its new aqueduct, as recorded by the historian Anton Ludovico Antinori. They appear, already different from one another, in the 1575 Pianta dell'Aquila by the Fonticulano. After the 1703 earthquake they were restored and modified in 1727, then again between 1834 and 1836 and between 1839 and 1844. In 1927 the basins were enlarged, and between 1927 and 1932 Nicola D'Antino gave them their present form.

The two fountains mark the ends of Piazza del Duomo, called capo piazza to the east toward corso Vittorio Emanuele and piè di piazza to the west toward the Cathedral. The name Fontana vecchia is used for both, and the square has hosted the city market since 1303.

The two fountains stand at opposite ends of Piazza del Duomo: capo piazza to the east toward Corso Vittorio Emanuele, piè di piazza to the west toward the cathedral. The square slopes, so the basins sit at different heights. The capo piazza fountain has the greater water flow, being fed directly by the Poggio Picenze aqueduct.

The two basins differ: the one at piè di piazza, toward the cathedral, is considered the finer piece, while the one at capo piazza has a greater flow because it is fed directly by the Poggio Picenze aqueduct. Both bronze statues, added in 1927, are nude youths blowing a bùccina that also spouts water.