Linda Goodman's December 2010 Horsocope Signs

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In occasion of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy the town council has thought to make a clean state of the art of the fountain "Wind Rose" Square Ebal, to give the city a sign and a lasting memory of celebrations, preferring this posting in events certainly significant, but temporary, as agreed with the Prefecture of Taranto, who led the celebrations and events for the celebrations. The monumental fountain of the village, designed by Brunetti, promoted and implemented by Mayor De Falco and inaugurated on June 4, 1953, in a period of great expansion in building, takes its name from the eight heads placed at the edges of the central circle, each representing one of the winds that blow over the city, regulating the climate and navigation at sea: Tramontana, Grecale, Levante, Scirocco, Ostro, Libeccio, Ponente, Mistral.
The work has been subjected to restoration in the 90s, with a cleanup action sand that has not had a long life, so much so that the fountain was again quite some limestone and covered with mold. The cleanup is being carried out was performed with an initial manual removal of vegetation and the three layers of limestone that had accumulated, a job is completed with the use of jet and a final treatment through the work ' application of a waterproof, breathable and transparent. This was possible thanks to the work of the technicians of the municipality, dell'AMIU operators and the main contractor of the work, who have lent their work, despite the bad weather of recent days.