Fountain of boobs
Near Calmaggiore (the old roman road which crosses the piazza
del Signori) there is the fountain called “Fountain of the boobs”
and it is a curious attraction of Treviso.
By tradition, during THE SERENE REPUBLIC OF VENICE (1559-1797),
every year on the occasion of the election of the new Podestà
(the Major of the town), the fountain squirted white wine from a
breast and red wine from the other one, for three consecutive
days.
That was the joy of the inhabitants of Treviso , which exulted
and thanked.
Unfortunately, now the fountain squirts only water.
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