A nun texting on a mobile phone in the Piazza del Conte, Dontrada della Pantera, Siena. The statue of the panther looks ready to pounce. Is it a sin?
Pantera’s fountain was inaugurated in the same year as Drago’s, and is the work of sculptor Giulio Corsini. The sleek bronze panther crouches, gazing attentively into the basin below. The Pantera contrada is on the southwest side of Siena and their fountain is located in Piazza del Conte, on Via di San Quiricio. Their patron, Saint John the Beheaded, is celebrated on August 29.