The heptagonal fountain, with its scenic central spout,
is located where the two perpendicular axes of the gardens meet, halfway between the orangery and the Mansion façade. Located in the centre of the formal gardens, along the series of statues and lemon vases that leads from the Mansion to the orangery entrance, the fountain creates an oasis of peace and freshness, amidst the flowers growing along its edges, and the four mythology-inspired statues “of a non-ordinary style” reflecting in its water surface. A marble cherub stands out on one of its sides, looking at the Mansion’s central body. From it, four water jets sprouts out, and in former times, he held a cartouche with the following sentence: «Irae vi non gignit neque gignit vae vivum».
According to ancient documents and period blueprints, the fountain was added in the early 19th century, in place of a two-floor building ‘with outstanding architecture and decorated with marble sculptures’, where a branch of the Controni family resided.
