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# The Galleon Fountain at the Casina of Pius IV in the Vatican is covered in ice
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/zamerzshii-fontan-galeon-vo-dvore-domika-piia-iv-v-vatikane-obychno-streliaet-vodoi-gasia-ogon-voiny-po-aforizmu-papy-urbana-viii/
- Published: 2017-01-10T13:44:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:56:25.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Architecture, Faith, Observations, Rome

The frozen Galleon Fountain in the courtyard of the Casina of Pius IV in the Vatican usually fires water, "extinguishing the fire of war", in the phrase of Pope Urban VIII. But these days the galleon is sheathed in a crust of ice, which is more allegorical still