In front of the 14th-century Palazzo del Bargello, the city's medieval police station and prison, the Fontana dei Matti (Fountain of the Lunatics) owes its name to a belief that you'll go mad if you run around it three times. On summer weekends, the number of visitors trying this does indeed raise questions about the collective sanity!
Fontana dei Matti
Umbria
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