Perugia (Umbria). Piazza Grande. Fontana Maggiore (1275). The oldest square in the city, embarrassingly beautiful, since there is no corner that is not worthy of interest. The asymmetric square, formerly Foro Romano, houses one side of the Palazzo dei Priori, the Fontana Maggiore, the Cathedral of San Lorenzo, the Loggia di Braccio Fortebracci, the Podestà's palace, the archbishop's palace. The five main streets branch off from it. At the center of the square is the Fontana Maggiore (gothic), a work of the second half of the thirteenth century by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano. The decorations evoke, in the complex iconological message, the political and cultural program of the Perugian Commune. Made of Assisi stone. It includes 50 bas-reliefs and 24 statues. In the lower basin are represented the months of the year with the signs of the zodiac and the scenes of the agrarian tradition and of the feudal culture, the liberal arts and characters of the Bible and of the history of Rome. In the upper one are depicted, in the statues placed at the corners, saints, biblical and mythological characters. #perugia #piazzagrande #fontanamaggiore #igersperugia #umbria #nicolapisano #iconological #perugian #assisi #commune #basreliefs #zodiac #liberalarts #mythological #traveling #visiting #instatravel #instago #instagood #travelling #tourism #instapassport #instatraveling #igtravel #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #ilmiolibro #sovversivi #massimopistis