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Image: Although many ask whether it's a pineapple or a pine cone hanging under the main entrance arch in Providence, Rhode Island's Little Italy section in the Federal Hill neighborhood

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Description: Is that a pineapple or a pine cone hanging under the main entrance arch in Providence, Rhode Island's Little Italy section in the Federal Hill neighborhood. It is actually a "La Pigna," an Italian symbol for hospitality and for sharing of abundance. Many locals and cab drivers taking passengers there still call it "the Pineapple," however.
Title: Although many ask whether it's a pineapple or a pine cone hanging under the main entrance arch in Providence, Rhode Island's Little Italy section in the Federal Hill neighborhood
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Author: Carol M. Highsmith
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