The Granfonte, located at the homonymous street in the municipality of Leonforte , is a monumental fountain built in Renaissance-Baroque style, it has a symmetrical shape and extends for 24 meters, consists of 24 bronze spouts where he still gushing fresh spring water . This work was built and completed in 1651 by Prince Nicolò Placido Branciforti, founder of the town of Leonforte, it represented the usual place of meeting of the population with its twenty-four spouts, gave rest to all the families of the town, to passersby and pets . The work refers to various embodiments of the Flemish artists, at the time very widespread in Sicily, and is attributable to style and morphology to the Mariano Smiriglio architect’s artistic school from Palermo. It is said that the Prince wanted to build it on the ruins of an old Moorish fountain, with a design similar to that of an existing fountain at that time in Amsterdam. This monumental fountain was built with bearing walls of sandstone blocks from square cut and worked with sculptures in the round, low and high relief, engravings and decorations; twenty-four bronze spouts sorted pour water in the rectangular tank. In the Prospectus are visible twenty-two niches bottomless rectangular with round arches; central tower and two side with frames, ornaments and inscriptions, connected by spirals stone; two lions rampant on the side towers.
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