Priuli Fountain

Priuli Fountain or Fontana Nuova is located at Delimarkou Street , behind the Bodossakio School and opposite the Venetian gate of Dermatas . It was built near the end of the great siege of Candia (1648-1669), after the Ottoman besiegers interrupted the water supply from the aqueduct of Morozini that carried water from Youchtas springs.

The Venetian General Captain Antonio Priuli identified a vein of fresh water inside the walls of Heraklion and built the fountain. It is decorated with four columns and Corinthian pilasters, based on a triangular pediment.

On either side of the columns there are niches, the panels of which bear elaborate relief decorations.