This monument of public utility was constructed at the common expense of the della Rebbia and Barricini families.

But the man who imagined this to be a sign of former friendship between the two families would be sorely mistaken.

On the contrary, it is the outcome of their mutual jealousy.
Once upon a time, Colonel della Rebbia sent a small sum of money to the Municipal Council of his commune to help to provide a fountain.
The lawyer Barricini hastened to forward a similar gift, and to this generous strife Pietranera owes its water supply.

Round about the evergreen oak and the fountain there is a clear space, known as "the Square," on which the local idlers gather every night.

Sometimes they play at cards, and once a year, in Carnival-time, they dance.