Note 61 — VI JOURNEY TO ROME
W. G. (William George) Waters translation
The Fonte Gaja, which was completed in 1343. The sculptured reliefs were added by Jacopo della Quercia, 1412-1419. The sculptor subsequently enjoyed the epithet “della Fonte.” It was well restored by Signor Sarocchi in recent times. Dante’s eulogy of the market-place is well known:—
“Quando vivea pui glorioso, disse Liberamente nel Campo di Siena, Ogni vergogna deposta, s’affise.”
Purg., xi.