Tito Angelini, Fontana dell’ Amenano, Detail, 1867

The Fontana dell’ Amenano is a carrara marble monument which seperates Piazza del Duomo on the north side from the rough and tumble La Pescheria marketplaceon the south side. It was built in 1867 by Tito Angelini and is a tribute to the River Amenano, which once ran overgroound and on whose banks the Greeks founded the city of Katáne. Behind the fountain is the stone staircase doorway that leads to the fish market, one of the major attractions of Catania.

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