Backlight view of the Boboli Gardens of Palazzo Pitti in the historic centre of Florence, Unesco Site, with the Artichoke Fountain, Tuscany, Italy

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The Artichoke Fountain was sculpted by Giovan Francesco Susini in 1639 and placed in 1641 on a terrace of the building that closes the north-east side of the courtyard of Ammannati of Palazzo Pitti. Originally, at the top there was a bronze lily, now lost, from which came out the water and which gives the name of "artichoke" to the entire composition.

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Size: 5568px × 3712px
Location: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Photo credit: © Simona Abbondio / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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