Trevi+Fountain


 * __Trevi Fountain__ **



This Baroque era fountain is located in the center of Rome where the three aqueducts, Acqua Vergine, Aqua Virgo, and an ancient aqueduct, converge. It is on the façade of the Palazzo Poli. The fountain is named after the meeting of three roads (tre via). In 1453, Pope Nicholas V remodeled the end of the Acqua Vergine into a simple basin that was designed by Leon Battista Alberti. It remained the same until 1629, when Pope Urban VII asked Gian Lorenzo Bernini to sketch renovations. These sketches were abandoned at the death of Pope Urban the VII, but were responsible for the movement of the fountain so it could be visible from the Pope's residence. Other sketches that are credited with influencing the current fountain were drawn by Pietro da Cortona, Nicola Michetti, Ferdinando Fuga, and Edem Bouchardon. The fountain as we know it today was started in 1730, by Pope Clement XII. He held a contest for the commission that was won by Alessandro Galilei. It did not please the Romans that a Florentine man won the commission, so it was given to Nicola Salvi instead. The work began in 1732, and took thirty years to complete. Salvi died before its completion and the final project was over seen by Giuseppe Pannini. The center sculpture of //Oceanus// (god of all waters) was sculpted by Pietro Bracci. To the right of //Oceanus// is //Abundance// spilling water from an urn. To the left of him is //Salubritory// holding a cup with a snake drinking from it. The foreground holds tritons taming seahorses for Oceanus' chariot.



To find this work from the Ponte Vecchio, walk west to the second bridge, Ponte alla Carraia. From take a right onto Via Dei Fossi. Walk straight until you see Santa Maria Novella on your left, keeping to the right of the church, and the S.M.N. train station will be visible on your left. Hop on the next train to Rome. Now stop take a breather because the streets of Rome are crazy. Walk straight out of the front of the train station and past all the busses to Viale Enrico De Nicola, and take a left. Walk to the end of the block and take a right on Viale Luigi Einaudi. Walk until you reach the Piazza Della Repubblica, then take the exit on the left, Via Nazionale. Walk four blocks and take a right on Via Sistina. Take your third left onto Via dei Giardini, and follow this road until the fountain is on your right hand side. Congratulate yourself for not getting lost by having the best gelato in Italy at San Crispino at number 42 2 Panetteria two blocks back and to the north.

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