Dellar dela notce – Wikipedia

Source of walnut It is a historic fountain ^[first] of the city of Teramo in Abruzzo.
The site that welcomes it is located in via Fonte della Noce, ^[first] within the natural area of ​​the Vezzola river park ^[first] A few steps from the city center.

The plant of the fountain was built in medieval times ^[first] and intended for the distribution of drinking water. Over time, until the thirties of the interbellic period, it has contributed to satisfying the water needs of the northern area of ​​the city, ^[first] When running water had not yet been conducted inside the houses. It has also been used also as a public sink and drinking trough.

The source takes the name ” walnut “For the presence of the countless walnut plants that are in its vicinity ^[2] which, with their shrubs and their hair, characterize the surrounding environment.

There is news of a work of restoration of the source, to ensure its conservation, in the civil annals of the kingdom of the two Sicilies of the year 1835. ^[3]

The visit to the source of Giovanna d’Aragona [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The place is known and also remembered in the historical events Teramo because it was visited by Queen Giovanna of Trastámara, more known as Giovanna d’Aragona, princess of the crown of Aragon and queen consort, then widow, of King Ferdinand I of Naples. ^{[2] [4]} The sovereign, in July of the year 1514, spent five days in the city of Teramo to acquire possession. ^[first]

The historian Mutio Dè Muzji has narrated, with a wealth of details, all the events of the stay of the ruling and his court, including the visit to the source of the walnut.
According to what reported by Muzji, Giovanna d’Aragona was particularly affected by these waters, clear and fresh, and ordered to set up the banquet of a dinner, cheered by musicians and dancers, to be consumed at the Fountain area. ^{[5] [6]}

‘ The queen in this city for the five -day spatio was held, where he had great taste, and satisfaction, having visited all the churches, and relics, which in it are there, and also having for taste wanted to go to see the Acquaviva Luoco A lot of walking in this city for many Herbaggi, and clear waters, that there are, that the queen, and all those gentlemen, who accompanied it to be great taste, was also from the city made a dinner at the source of the walnut that he received admirable taste ». Mutio Dè Muzji, History of the city of Teramo, 1588 ^[7]

The historian Niccola Palma, taking up from the words of Mutji, has also handed down the details of the set -up for the banquet wanted by the Queen of Aragon on the second day of her presence in Teramo. To welcome the convivio of the sovereign, the lords of the regiment composed two groves of plants and branches intertwined with poplars who shaded and make the space more delighted. A grove was placed between the source and the city walls, while the other in the most right area of ​​the perimeter. In the two Albereti, so reconstructed, the musicians and 12 dancers, clothes “were hidden Moresca », Who with various outings entertained the diners. Furthermore, two artificial sources were formed, one in which the water flowed copiously and in the second of the red wine. ^[8] Giovanna d’Aragona had a separate table, compared to the rest of the courtiers of her sequel, in which she descended with her daughter. The real group remained at the source until the evening falls. ^[9]

In memory of this event, a plaque that bears the words of the Muzji description sculpted, was placed on the occasion of the fifteenth -century year from the visit of the sovereign.

Fonte della Noce has its simple and essential architectural lines on a large and airy rectangular area delimited by three high masonry walls, erected with stones and bricks, arranged in ” C “The fourth side is perimeter of a low wall with opening that allows access to it. ^[2]

Its structure, built mainly in stone, is composed overall by two drinking troughs, a sink and a circular basin adorned by a poded band that takes water from a simple, small rose window. ^[2]

• Civil Annals of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, (January, February, March and April 1835), vol. 7, Naples, from the typography of the Real Ministry of Internal Affairs, year 1835, p. 23.
• Mutio de Mutji, with notes and additions of Giacinto Pannella, Of the history of Teramo: seven dialogues , (History of Teramo from the origins to the mid -16th century), Teramo, typography of the Corriere Abruzzese, year 1893, pp. 236–237.
• Niccola Palma, History of the city and diocese of Teramo (“Ecclesiastical and civil history of the northernmost region of the Kingdom of Naples), a modern reprint by the Cassa di Risparmio di Teramo, Edigrafital, Sant’Acta of Teramo, year 1979, vol. II, pp. 465, 474-475.