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Modena (prov.)
Emilia-Romagna

Largo Giuseppe Garibaldi

Fontana dei due fiumi modenesi

Fountain of the Two Rivers of Modena

Giuseppe Graziosi
Fonderia Biagiotti (Firenze)
1938

Description

Fountain with two monumental bronzes representing the Panaro and Secchia, the two main rivers Modena.

The Panaro, facing east, is depicted as a vigorous young man who pours water from a jar while holding with his right hand a branch of the tree, likely allusions to the frequent floods of the river. The model for the figure of Panaro was the athlete Suffritti. The Secchia is idepicted as a young woman, holding on her shoulders a bundle of ears from which water spouts, alluding to the fertility brought by the river. She has her foot on a toad, an allusion the arrival of the river water in the plain.

Modena - Fontana dei due fiumi modenesi
Panaro
Secchia

Signature

(both bronzes) G. Graziosa
Fonderia Siro Biagotti firenze

Sculptor

Giuseppe Graziosi (Savignano sul Panaro 1879 - Firenze/Florence 1942), Italian sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

Visit Modena, Fontane, porti, canale.

Locatie (N 44°38'37" - E 10°55'56") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: iter164; Photograph: 14 May 2017
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