Fontana dell’Elefante, Piazza del Duomo, Catania, Sicily, September 2021
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 20 October 2021
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A black elephant and an Egyptian obelisk
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Fontana dell’Elefante, Piazza del Duomo, Catania, Sicily, September 2021
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 20 October 2021
Posted as part of Becky’s PastSquares and its Lines theme
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Travel with Intent 
That’s quite a load to be carrying around even for an elephant! 🙂 I think it would be pretty easy to overbalance.
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Indeed. Rather a strange combination.
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Ah, I don’t think I got a photo when I was there!
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I compensated 🙂
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😊😊😊
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Intriguing . . .
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There’s quite a story behind him, I think. Probably dating back to Roman times with an older story of magic and predictions of Etna eruptions.
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ooh sounds like a great tale
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That sounds like the story I heard….
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Gosh. A Dumbo doppelgänger. Lovely!
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not a common sight, is it. And it was really useful for setting me off in ether right direction on my wanderings – follow that trunk!
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😉
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