{"id":1694,"date":"2024-10-16T09:36:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T07:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palazzopfanner.it\/the-fountain\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T17:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:48:05","slug":"the-fountain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palazzopfanner.it\/en\/the-fountain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fountain"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fountain<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
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The heptagonal fountain, with its scenic central spout<\/strong>,<\/h3>\n

is located where the two perpendicular axes of the gardens meet, halfway between the orangery and the Mansion fa\u00e7ade. 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<\/strong>, amidst the flowers growing along its edges, and the four mythology-inspired statues \u201cof a non-ordinary style\u201d reflecting in its water surface. A marble cherub stands out on one of its sides, looking at the Mansion\u2019s central body. From it, four water jets sprouts out, and in former times, he held a cartouche with the following sentence: \u00abIrae vi non gignit neque gignit vae vivum\u00bb.<\/p>\n

According to ancient documents and period blueprints, the fountain was added in the early 19th century, in place of a two-floor building \u2018with outstanding architecture and decorated with marble sculptures\u2019, where a branch of the Controni family resided.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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In the summer, Felix Pfanner, rekindling his youth on Lake Constance, used to row a boat inside the fountain, and in winter he used to ice skate on its iced surface.<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>