Allusions to hunting in a tragic love
12 basins, just like the 12 months of the year, lead to the Fountain of Venus and Adonis. The balustrades of the tanks allude to hunting: they are decorated with boar, wolf, ram and bear heads. Designed by Gaetano Salomone, the main sculptural group of the Fountain of Venus and Adonis was completed around 1780. Surrounded by nymphs, putti and dogs, Venus holds a young Adonis, begging him not to go into the woods. On the left, a wild boar turns threateningly towards the observer., Mars, in the role of the animal, will later kill Adonis out of jealousy as narrated in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
See the map
Via d'acqua
Castelluccia
Peschiera
The Fountain of Dolphins
The Fountain of Aeolus
The Fountain of Ceres
The Fountain of Diana and Actaeon
The Fountain of Venus and Adonis
The waterfall and Torrione
The Bosco Vecchio (Old Wood)
The Margherita Fountain
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Beyond the Royal Palace
1. Via d'acqua2. Castelluccia3. Peschiera4. The Fountain of Dolphins5. The Fountain of Aeolus6. The Fountain of Ceres7. The Fountain of Diana and Actaeon8. The Fountain of Venus and Adonis9. The waterfall and Torrione10. The Bosco Vecchio (Old Wood)11. The Margherita Fountain
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Beyond the Royal Palace