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The Trevi Fountain ( Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762 [ 1] and several others. Standing 26.3 metres (86 ft) high and 49.15 metres (161.3 ft) wide, [ 2] it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city ...
Coordinates: 41°53′56″N 12°28′23″E. / 41.89889°N 12.47306°E / 41.89889; 12.47306. Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi ( Fountain of the Four Rivers) is a fountain in the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy. It was designed in 1651 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Pope Innocent X whose family palace, the Palazzo Pamphili, faced onto the piazza as ...
The 18th-century Trevi Fountain at night. Fontana del Tritone (1642). Fountains of St. Peter's Square by Carlo Maderno (1614) and Bernini (1677). Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1648-51); detail of the River Ganges. Fountain in front of Villa Medici on the Pincio. This is a list of the notable fountains in Rome, Italy.
Fontana dell'Acqua Felice. / 41.90436°N 12.49442°E / 41.90436; 12.49442. The Fontana dell'Acqua Felice, also called the Fountain of Moses, [1] is a monumental fountain located in the Quirinale District of Rome, Italy. It marked the terminus of the Acqua Felice aqueduct restored by Pope Sixtus V. It was designed by Domenico Fontana and ...
Fontana del Moro ( Fountain of the Moor) is a fountain located at the southern end of the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy. It depicts a nautical scene with tritons, dolphins, and a conch shell. [1] It was originally designed by Giacomo della Porta in the 1570s with later contributions from Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the 1650s. [1]
Standing 85 feet tall and 160 feet wide, the fountain was once revered as the best water source in Rome, supplying the Vatican itself with weekly barrels of water for centuries. However, the water ...
The Fontana della Barcaccia ( Italian: [barˈkattʃa]; "Fountain of the Boat") is a Baroque -style fountain found at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome 's Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Square). Pope Urban VIII commissioned Pietro Bernini in 1623 to build the fountain as part of a prior Papal project to erect a fountain in every major piazza in Rome.
Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy. Click on the map for a fullscreen view. Coordinates: 41°53′59.35″N 12°28′22.95″E. / 41.8998194°N 12.4730417°E / 41.8998194; 12.4730417. The Fountain of Neptune ( Italian: Fontana del Nettuno) is a fountain in Rome, Italy, located at the north end of the Piazza Navona. [1]