Beyond a series of fountain masks adorning a wall just past the Rennaisance-era Chigi-Albani Palace, lies the main monumental façade of the Papacqua fountain.
At the center of this exuberant Mannerist-style fountain is an enormous statue of a goat-legged woman with three infants crawling up her body. She is usually interpreted as simply “Mother,” or “Queen of the Waters,” and may represent the mythical she-goat Amalthea who nurtured the infant Zeus in a cave on a mountain in Crete.
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| Name | Since | Distance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selva di Malano | 2020 | 7.8km | site_ao | ||
| Devil’s Well | 2020 | 9.4km | site_ao | ||
| Sasso Menicante (Trembling Stone) | 2020 | 2.7km | site_ao | ||
| Villa Farnese | 2019 | 10.1km | site_ao | ||
| The Incorrupt Body of Santa Rosa | 2019 | 10.2km | site_ao | ||
| Santa Cecilia Necropolis | 2018 | 6.7km | site_ao | ||
| Etruscan Pyramid of Bomarzo | 2018 | 7.4km | site_ao | ||
| The Moai in Vitorchiano | 2018 | 7.7km | site_ao | ||
| Tower of Chia | 2018 | 5.8km | site_ao |
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