Italiano
Back former glory, after four months of restoration, the monumental fountain of Formiello placed behind Castel Capuano, Naples. In Piazza Enrico De Nicola. Saturday, April 18, at noon, the surrender, thanks to the efforts of the cultural association Le Due Sirene and the contribution of many people through an extensive process of crowdfunding. “The project – explains Valeria Iodice, president of the association – has been driven by a single sentiment: love… To the idea we have been inspired by Matilde Serao and its “Legends Neapolitan”, when she writes that “the fountains are powered by tears of love”: the restoration of the fountain was therefore an act of love for our city in memory of Ilaria, my sister, who only 27 years old an incurable disease took away from the places she loved and by love of her loved ones”.
The fountain dates back to 1573, when Mastro Joseppe and Michel De Guido were appointed by the Court of the Waters of Naples to rearrange a medieval fountain. In 1582, after an earthquake, it did the first restoration, which involved changing the date on the epigraph. After new works the fountain was dismantled in the late nineteenth century and placed in municipal deposits. In 1930 it was rebuilt on the eastern side, and then isolated with a gate. Behind are posted three lion heads from whose mouths water flowed, while the top bears the coat of arms of the royal Habsburg. In the four medallions are carved in bas-relief faces two male and two female, perhaps identifiable with the Four Seasons.
Next stap of the association Due Sirene, recovery newsstand San Gennaro, mail in the churchyard of the Church of Santa Caterina in Formiello.
