Fountains
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Detail of the Pantheon fountain at Piazza della Rotonda, designed in 1570 by Jacopo della Porta
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The central part of the Pantheon fountain, with an obelisk and rocks, dates from 1711
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Piazza della Rotonda (Pantheon Fountain)
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Piazza Mattei - Fontana delle Tartarughe (Fountain of the tortoises, 1581‑4)
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Fontana del Tritone (Triton Fountain) at Piazza Barberini. Designed by Bernini for pope Urban VIII and constructed 1642‑43
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Fountain of the Naiads (1870‑1911) at Piazza Repubblica. Behind it are the baths of Diocletian
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Piazza di Trevi - the Trevi Fountain by Nicola Salvi (finished in 1762)
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Trevi Fountain by night
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Piazza Navona - the central part of the Fontana delle Quattro Fiume (Four Rivers Fountain), with the Sant’Agnese in Agone church behind it
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Piazza Navona, Fontana delle Quattro Fiume by G.L. Bernini (1651) - Nile
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Piazza Navona - Fontana delle Quattro Fiume - Ganges
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Piazza Navona - the Fountain of Neptune in the north of the square
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Tivoli - one of the many fountains (c. 1560) of Villa d’Este
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Fountain of the Lily in the Villa Doria Pamhilj park, designed by Bernini
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St. Peter’s Square, a fountain erected in 1675 for reasons of symmetry. The twin fountain at the right side of the square was there as early as 1490
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Fountain of the Four Tiaras, at the Porta Angelico, just outside the north colonnade of St. Peter’s Square. The water springs from the keys of St. Peter
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Babuino (baboon) fountain at Via del Babuino. The much eroded figure of Silenus has been a ‘talking statue’ for a long time. H.V. Morton (see bottom of page) wrote in 1966: ‘There is still something vigorous and indignant in the attitude of the statue, as if he would like to spring up and chastise the rude boys who cover the wall behind him with their graffiti.’
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Mascherone Fountain in Via Giulia (c. 1626). Nothing is sacred for the car (‘la macchina’) the Italians are so fond of
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Fountain of the Amphorae by Lombardi (1926), Piazza dell’Emporio. This fountain marks the nearby area where broken pottery was thrown away, eventually to form a hill (Monte Testaccio)
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Piazza di Spagna (the Spanish steps) with the Barcaccia (‘old boat’) fountain (1627) in the foreground
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Fountain (1717) in the Piazza della Bocca della Verità. To the right is S. Maria in Cosmedin
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Barcaccia fountain by night
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