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| Fontana dei Navigatori Piazza del Porto di Ripetta, Rome, 00186 |  |
The fountain was built in Ripetta port in 1704 and called the navigator's fountain because of its position close to the port. It was designed by Alessandro Specchi in an oval form decorated with marine motifs: one can ea... more
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| Fontana della Terrina Corso Vittorio Emanuele II Boulevard, Piazza della Chiesa Nuova, Rome, 00186 | |
The Terrina fountain was designed by Giacomo Della Porta toward the end of the 16th century and was originally placed in the centre of Piazza Campo dei Fiori. But in 1889 it...
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| Fontanella dei Libri Via degli Staderari, Rome, 00186 | |
The Fontanella dei Libri was constructed in 1927 in travertina following the designs of Pietro Lombardi for the quarter of St.Eustacchio and it is for this reason that the district symbol of a deer's head appears in the ... more
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| Fontana delle Rane Piazza Mincio, Rome, 00198 | |
The Tuscan architect Gino Coppede designed this froggy fountain in Piazza Mincio, as well as much of the surrounding district which has taken his name. If you look at the basin at its centre you can see eight small frogs... more
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| Feast of San Lorenzo Via Tiburtina, Rome, 00185 | |
In his divine capacity, the saint presides over librarians. He is also the patron of firemen, bakers and other professions who work with fire and roasting. This association is based on a popular legend concerning his mar... more
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| Fontana di Piazza delle Cinque Scole Piazza delle Cinque Scole, Rome, 00186 | |
The fountain was sculpted by Pietro Gucci at the end of the sixteenth century. It was designed by the famous Giacomo della Porta and is regarded as one of his best works. It was left in the city depository until 1924, wh... more
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| Fontanella della Pigna Piazza San Marco, Rome, 00187 | |
The Fountain 'della Pigna' stands in the Piazza San Marco near the Piazza Venezia. It represents the large ancient pinecone (now held in the Vatican) after which the district was named. The fountain was designed by Pietr... more
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| Fontana delle Tartarughe Piazza Mattei, Rome, 00186 |  |
This wonderful little fountain in Piazza Mattei is being extensively renovated at the moment (May 2006) and is boarded all round by wooden hoardings. There is a glass window in the hoarding where one can view the work ... more
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| Fontana Paola Via Garibaldi, Rome, 00153 | |
Throughout Roman history the Janiculum has suffered many alternations of peace idyllic and of sanguinary strife, for it is a natural garden, and it is also the key to Rome. Whoever can hold the terraces of San Pietro in ... more
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| Fontana del Tritone e Fontana delle Api Piazza Barberini, Rome, 00187 | |
In the middle of the congested Piazza Barberini stands the Fountain of Triton, one of Bernini's finest. It shows the sea-god Triton carved into the centre of a shell. It was...
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