page_title: Fontana Delle Tette
hierarchical_section_title: Fontana Delle Tette
caption_attribution_description: English&#x3a;&#32; Civic Museums of Treviso - Venetian sculptor, 1559-1560 - Istrian stone Figure mutilates the famous fountain commissioned in 1559 by the mayor Alvise Da Ponte and completed the following year. She was placed in a niche at the base of the Praetorian Palace, the face of the Calmaggiore at the corner of the square. The water came from Cagnan, taken from 'Ponte de Pria' 'through' 'roda mata'. The age-old tradition, celebrating the inauguration of each new mayor of Venice, vouliat that for three days the breasts of this fountain, offer citizens of white and red wine. She disappeared in the fall of the Serenissima (1797). At the end of the nineteenth century, she was found and recovered by Father Luigi Bailo founded the Museum of Treviso. A modern copy (1989) is now in the courtyard between the street and Podesta gallery of Strada Romana .Français&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Musées Civiques de Trévise - Fontana delle Tette - Sculpteur Vénitien, 1559-1560 - pierre d'Istrie Figure mutile la célèbre fontaine commandée en 1559 par le maire Alvise Da Ponte et terminée l'année suivante. Elle était placée dans une niche à la base du Palais Prétorien, face à la à la Calmaggiore, à l'angle de la place. L'eau provenait du Cagnan, prélevé à Ponte de Pria à travers une roda mata. La tradition séculaire, célébrant l'entrée en fonction de chaque nouveau maire de Venise, vouliat que pendant trois jours les seins de cette fontaine, offrent aux citoyens de vin blanc et rouge. Elle disparue à à la chute de la Sérénissime (1797). A la fin de la XIXe siècle, elle a été retrouvée et récupérée par l'abbé Luigi Bailo fondateur du Musée de Trevise. Une copie moderne (1989) se trouve maintenant dans la cour entre la ruelle Podesta et galerie de la Strada Romana.Italiano&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Musei civici di Treviso - Fontana delle Tette - Scultore veneto, 1559-1560 - Pietra d’Istria Figura mutila della famosa fontana ordinata nel 1559 dal podestà Alvise Da Ponte e completata l’anno seguente. Era collocata in una nicchia alla base del Palazzo Pretorio, rivolta al Calmaggiore, presso l’anglo con la Piazze. La alimentava l’acqua del Cagnan, sollevata al Ponte de Pria mediante una roda mata. Per secolare consuetudine, celebrando l’ingresso in carica di ogni nuovo podestà veneto, per tre giorni I seni di questa Fontana offrivano ai cittadini vino bianco e rosso. Rimossa alla caduta della Serenissima (1797), alla fine dell’ Ottocento questa figura fu ritrovata e recuperate d’all’abate Luigi Bailo. Una copia moderna (1989) è oggi collocate nel cortiletto tra vicolo del Podestà e Galleria della Strada Romana.
context_page_description: The Fontana Delle Tette is an old fountain carved of Treviso, which under the rule of the Venetian Republic pours white and red wine during special celebrations. The names translates into English as "The Fountain of Tits". It features a topless woman squeezing her breasts and water coming out of her nipples.
  The Fontana Delle Tette was built in 1559 on the orders of Alvise Da Ponte, at the time mayor of the Republic of Venice as a result of a severe drought that struck the city of Treviso and the surrounding countryside. Originally the statue was placed inside the Praetorian Palace, in via Calmaggiore. Every year of the autumn of the Serenissima Republic of Venice, in honor of every new Podesta, red wine flowed from the nipple of one breast, and white wine from nipple of the other breast, and all citizens could drink the wine for free for three days.
  There is a plaque near the fountain that says:
context_section_description: The Fontana Delle Tette is an old fountain carved of Treviso, which under the rule of the Venetian Republic pours white and red wine during special celebrations. The names translates into English as "The Fountain of Tits". It features a topless woman squeezing her breasts and water (representing breast milk) coming out of her nipples.
  The Fontana Delle Tette was built in 1559 on the orders of Alvise Da Ponte, at the time mayor of the Republic of Venice as a result of a severe drought that struck the city of Treviso and the surrounding countryside. Originally the statue was placed inside the Praetorian Palace, in via Calmaggiore. Every year of the autumn of the Serenissima Republic of Venice, in honor of every new Podesta, red wine flowed from the nipple of one breast, and white wine from nipple of the other breast, and all citizens could drink the wine for free for three days.
  There is a plaque near the fountain that says:
  Located at the beginning of Calmaggiore street and so has described her Matteo Sernagiotto (1810-1888): ... lovely lady over the marble basin marina with both hands was squeezing her swollen breasts, and two living fountains of crystal clear water, thanks to industrious contraption with wheels, removed to the nearby Cagnano, offering plenty of liquor houses and shops nearby. Alvise Da Ponte judge, following an extraordinary drought, built in 1559, and from that time until the fall of the Venetian republic, every year for three consecutive days, to celebrate the entry of a new mayor, the fountain poured from one Stern undiluted white wine, black and the other, for the joy of the people cheering ... It was rebuilt in 1989.
caption: The Fontana delle Tette 1559-1560
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