Plaza de Bib-Rambla
Baroque stone fountain of grotesque giants crowned by Neptune, at the center of a former marketplace square.
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This guide to Plaza de Bib-Rambla in Granada follows a Baroque fountain of four grotesque giants and Neptune from its original home in a convent cloister, torn down when the Spanish state seized church property in the nineteenth century. You'll hear how the fountain drifted between storage and city parks, moving first to the Paseo del Salon and then, in 1892, out to the Paseo de la Bomba by the river, water still spilling from the giants' mouths the whole time. The guide traces that wandering toward the mayor who finally gave it a permanent home.
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