porcellino italian piglet the local florentine nickname for bronze fountain boar |
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| Il Porcellino (Italian "piglet") is the local Florentine nickname for the bronze fountain of a boar. It was sculpted by Baroque master Pietro Tacca shortly before 1634. Touch his nose and the legend tells that you will return to Florence. |
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