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The fountain in Piazza Santo Stefano (or Piazza Palazzo)

The fountain with the woman and the bucket for drawing waterStill a woman with a bucket but the scenario has already changedThe fountain in the square now named after Alberto Nota, where the former Town Hall stands (built around 1750), is another of the first four built The fountain and obelisk in the early 1900s. In the background the school buildingafter the arrival of the Cali Aqueduct.
The fountain has always remained the same, in the same place, despite the fact that history has repeatedly changed the scenery around it.
The fountain in Piazza Nota and the former Town Hall today
The paving of the square was cobbled until 1936 when the municipality decided to replace it with stone slabs.
It too has a small obelisk in the centre, which, as Mannisi said, remains a constant symbol for the city.

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