page_title: Puteal
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Puteal / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Venice – Reinassance well - Campo S. Zanipolo Deutsch: Venedig – Campo S. Zanipolo - Brunnen Italiano: Venezia –Pozzo rinascimentale in Campo S. Zanipolo
context_page_description: A puteal is a classical wellhead built around a water well's access opening.
context_section_description: The enclosure keeps people from falling down a well otherwise open at grade level. When fit with a cast iron lid, as traditionally in the public squares, or campos, of Venice, Italy, both the citizens and water supply were protected.  
  Putealia were used as an accessible point of water distribution, and as an aesthetic architectural element. Locations included public town squares and private courtyards.
caption: Puteal with bas-relief in the Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice.
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