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Venipedia is a wiki-based website dedicated to the study of the city of Venice, Italy. Venipedia provides primary Venetian data about specific topics, such as Coats of Arms, that are largely ignored by other sites. To learn more about the purpose, content, and approach that separates Venipedia from other websites visit the About Venipedia page.

Featured Article: Fountains

This page contains the overview of all fountains in Venice .
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Fountains in the Lagoon assessed in 2014
Total Number 181
Total Number Functioning 89
Purpose Utility


Fountains are pieces of functional material culture that provide Venetians with clean drinking water. Typically centrally located within one of the city's many campi, these fountains symbolize the transition of art within the city with some being uniquely hand-crafted and others products of mass production. 181 is not the total number of all fountains in the Venetian Lagoon. There are more fountains out on other islands in the Lagoon that are not assessed yet.

A working fountain dispensing water in Cannaregio

Fountains in Venice

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Below is a table of all fountains in the City of Venice as of 2014. ..→

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