{"id":1680,"date":"2016-11-21T00:02:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T23:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecomuseomalesco.it\/fontana-del-basilisco\/"},"modified":"2017-06-13T14:22:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T12:22:55","slug":"basilisk-fountain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecomuseomalesco.it\/en\/basilisk-fountain\/","title":{"rendered":"The basilisk (Berzelesk) fountain"},"content":{"rendered":"[spb_row wrap_type=”content-width” row_bg_type=”color” color_row_height=”content-height” bg_type=”cover” parallax_image_height=”content-height” parallax_image_movement=”fixed” parallax_image_speed=”0.5″ parallax_video_height=”window-height” parallax_video_overlay=”none” row_overlay_opacity=”0″ row_padding_vertical=”0″ row_padding_horizontal=”0″ row_margin_vertical=”0″ remove_element_spacing=”no” inner_column_height=”col-natural” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_single_image image=”789″ image_size=”large” frame=”glowframe” intro_animation=”fade-from-bottom” full_width=”yes” lightbox=”no” link_target=”_self” caption=”la fontana del Basilisco” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n

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The basilisk fountain is the only recently constructed element (2002) in the church square.<\/span>
\nThe fountain, based on Giorgio Cavalli’s design, has a quadrangular plant coming by Potentilla Tormentilla<\/strong> flower, very common in the territory and already represented in the municipal crest.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The four petals are basins whe sepals are small fountains oriented to the cardinal points.<\/span> In the middle, a large oak stone block, coming from the local Quarem valley, holds a bronze sculpture made by the artist Luca Di Francesco, from Milan.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It represents the basilisk, Berzelesk in local dialect, a legendary reptile of which folk tradition tells about appearances\u00a0 in the territory of Malesco and in the close Val Grande, one of the largest wilderness areas in Europe.<\/p>\n

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The monumental Church Square in Malesco includes all the following civil and religious buildings<\/span><\/span>:<\/p>\n