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            The fountain was created in 1554 by the Florentine sculptor Francesco Camilliani for the garden of the Spanish nobleman Don Luigi Toledo, the father in law of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo I de ' Medici.

Some twenty years later, it was sold to the Palermitan Senate to cope with The Toledo family‘s troubled debt situation and arrived in the old town in 1574.

Piazza of Shame, as Palermitans commonly call Piazza Pretoria, takes its name from the great amount of money that Palermo Senate had to pay for this purchase, though it is said that it is due to the nakedness of bodies. 

It seems that the inhabitants of Palermo when the members of the Senate came out of the Palace shouted: "Shame, Shame" because of the sad historical moment of misery, epidemics and famine which characterized those years.

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La fontana fu realizzata nel 1554 dallo scultore fiorentino Francesco Camilliani per il giardino del nobile spagnolo Don Luigi Toledo, suocero del Granduca di Toscana Cosimo I de' Medici.

Circa vent'anni dopo, fu venduto al Senato palermitano per far fronte alla travagliata situazione debitoria della famiglia Toledo e arrivò nel centro storico nel 1574.

Piazza della Vergogna, come comunemente chiamano i palermitani Piazza Pretoria, prende il nome dalla grande somma di denaro che il Senato di Palermo dovette pagare per questo acquisto, anche se si dice che sia dovuto alla nudità dei corpi. 

Sembra che i palermitani quando i membri del Senato uscirono dal Palazzo gridassero: "Vergogna, vergogna" per il triste momento storico di miseria, epidemie e carestie che caratterizzò quegli anni.

Taken in: Italy / Sicily / Palermo (show map)

Taken on: July 10, 2021

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