In the center of Perugia's attractive main square, Piazza IV Novembre, the 13th-century Fontana Maggiore is one of the most beautiful fountains of that period, with reliefs by the master Tuscan stone-carvers Nicola and Giovanni Pisano.
Its two multi-sided basins are of white and pink stone, and above them, a trio of bronze nymphs support an urn from which water flows.
This piazza has always been the political and social center of the community: it was the forum during Roman times, and the medieval town spread along the five streets that join here.
