Bembo fountain
Renaissance fountain built from a Roman sarcophagus, topped by a headless ancient statue.
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This guide to the Bembo fountain in Heraklion tells how a Roman burial sarcophagus became a Renaissance city fountain, hauled here by Venetian captain Gianmatteo Bembo in the 1550s to bring the island's first aqueduct water into the walled city then called Candia. You'll hear about the headless ancient statue perched above the basin, brought from Ierapetra, and the mystery of whose face it once wore. Look for the carved coats of arms circling the rim, marking the men who paid for it.
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