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August 9, 2012 with 63 notes
        tags: History. Medieval. Medieval History. 1200s. 13th century. thirteenth century. Fountain of Abundance. Art. Massa Marittima. Tuscan. Mural. Phallus. Phallic. Fertility. weird. strange. bizarre. penis.
In 1999, workers restoring a medieval communal fount called the Fountain of Abundance in the Tuscan town of Massa Marittima discovered a curious mural hidden behind a whitewash layer. It depicts a tree heavily laden with heavily laden phalluses under which eight or nine women stand in various poses and large black birds fly. Expert thinks the fresco dates to 1265, the same year inscribed on the fountain itself. ZOOM.

In 1999, workers restoring a medieval communal fount called the Fountain of Abundance in the Tuscan town of Massa Marittima discovered a curious mural hidden behind a whitewash layer. It depicts a tree heavily laden with heavily laden phalluses under which eight or nine women stand in various poses and large black birds fly. Expert thinks the fresco dates to 1265, the same year inscribed on the fountain itself. ZOOM.

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