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Fontana della Barcaccia
This elegant fountain of 1627 Trevi Fountain
is probably the work of Pietro The Trevi, inspired by Roman triumphal arches, was designed
Bernini, father of the more by Nicola Salvi in 1732. Tradition has it that a coin thrown into
famous Gian Lorenzo. the water guarantees a visitor’s return to Rome.

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Spagna Via
Veneto

Piazza
della
Rotonda
Quirinal

Esquiline
Capitol Fontana delle Naiadi
When this fountain was unveiled in
Forum 1901, the realistically sensual bronze
nymphs caused a storm of protest.
Palatine
Lateran

Aventine
Caracalla

Piazza della Bocca
della Verità Fountain
In this 18th-century
fountain, built by Carlo
Bizzaccheri for Pope Obelisk of Piazza San Giovanni
Clement XI, water spills in Laterano
over a craggy rock The oldest obelisk in Rome dates
formation where two from the 14th century BC. It came
Tritons hold aloft a to Rome in AD 357, brought here
large shell. on the orders of Constantine II.

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