The fountain in Piazza Cesare Battisti

The fountain in Piazza Cesare Battisti (former railway station) was commissioned by Podestà Giovanni Guidi and designed by architect Silvio Gabbrielli in 1933.

The bronze sculpture is the work of Florentine sculptor Sirio Tofanari.

The peculiarity of this sculpture, which was intended by the commissioner to represent the coat of arms of Sanremo, is that it has two lions and not one, as is the case with the coat of arms granted to Sanremo, which is defined as follows: « In red with a natural palm tree, placed to the right of the shield and terraced in green, with a lion with a golden marquis crown on the left ».

The official coat of arms was granted in 1928 by decree of the Head of Government and recorded in the register of the Consulta Araldica.

It seems that the coat of arms with two lions and a palm belongs to the Palmieri family.

(taken from a comment by Giacomo Mannisi on our FB Group)