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The fountain was built to celebrate the arrival of water (<strong>via the new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.articity.it\/en\/must-see-perugia\/medieval-aqueduct\/\">aqueduct<\/a><\/strong>) in the city acropolis.<\/p>\r\n<p>Some <strong>50 bas-reliefs and 24 statues<\/strong>, grace the <strong>two-tier polygonal basin<\/strong>; <strong>the water springs from a group of nymphs<\/strong> standing on a third upper basin. Four griffins were once positioned on the nymphs&#8217; heads; but they are now exhibited in the Perugia\u2019s Galleria Nazionale. The <strong>fountain\u2019s decorations<\/strong> represent the months and the connected signs of the zodiac, the seven &#8216;Liberal Arts&#8217;, and scenes from the Old Testament and the founding of Rome, alongside representations of agricultural and feudal life.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fontana Maggiore, centrepiece of Piazza IV Novembre, is one of the main monuments in Perugia. 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