Still drawing this one…Ancora un attimo, la stiamo disegnando…Einen Moment, wir zeichnen sie noch…
Fountain of Bacchino
- When to go
- Check opening hours before you go
Getting there
- Getting there
- FRESCOBALDI · bus 11, 18, C1, C3, C4 · 360 mPITTI · bus C1, C3, C4 · 90 mBORGO SAN IACOPO · bus C1, C3, C4 · 270 m
About
Fontana del Bacchino is an Italian Renaissance sculpture of 1560 by Valerio Cioli (1529–1599) in the Boboli Gardens in Florence featuring a statue in the likeness of the famed dwarf buffoon from the court of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Nano Morgante modeled after Bacchus and riding a tortoise. In 1572 the statue was turned into a fountain.
- Built
- 1560