Grotta di Mosè, Renaissance nymphaeum in Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy.
The Grotta di Mosè features sixteen stone columns, an elliptical basin, and a central red porphyry statue of Moses along the main wall.
The grotto received its decorations in 1634-35 under Cosimo II and Ferdinando II de Medici, with architects Giulio Parigi and Alfonso Parigi directing the work.
Four marble statues in niches represent the Virtues of the Prince: Charity, Empire, Zeal, and Law, following an allegorical design by Francesco Rondinelli.
The grotto stands in the Ammannati courtyard of Palazzo Pitti, between two ramps leading to the Boboli Gardens, and requires a palace entrance ticket.
Three marble putti by Pompeo Ferrucci del Tadda swim in the basin, while a painted musical angel on the vault simulates a stone pergola open to the sky.
Location: Florence
GPS coordinates: 43.76473,11.25044
Latest update: March 3, 2025 06:28
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