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THE PODESTÀ’S STONE GARDEN

THE PODESTÀ’S STONE GARDEN

Bologna

Palazzo del Podestà - Piazza Maggiore 1

A true urban garden grows on the walls of Palazzo Podestà. The tiles on the pillars of the bottom part of the palace built around the year 1200 have a special trait: each tile has a rosette decoration at its center that is different from all the other thousands present on the building. Among the myriad of flowers but also animals, human-like figures, coats of arms and other shapes made undecipherable after being leveled and tarnished through time, there is a hidden secret: although nobody has ever dared to spot them, legend tells there are two bossages with the same exact decoration. Just like a flower, the garden will take you by surprise.
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