Il Porcellino
Posted by: alvarojm
N 43° 46.206 E 011° 15.250
32T E 681423 N 4848808
Il Porcellino, Piazza della Signoria
Waymark Code: WM7J3Q
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 10/30/2009
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Il Porcellino (Italian "piglet") is the local Florentine name for the bronze fountain of a boar Il Cinghiale in the Mercato Nuovo in Florence, Italy. The fountain figure was sculpted and cast by Baroque master Pietro Tacca (1577 –1640) in 1612, following a marble Italian copy of a Hellenistic marble original, at the time in the Grand Ducal collections of the Uffizi. Visitors to Il Porcellino toss a coin into the grating at the boar's feet and rub the boar's snout to ensure a return to Firenze, a tradition that has kept the snout in a state of polished sheen while the rest of the boar's body has patinated to a dull brownish-green. Copies of the sculpture can be found around the world.
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