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English: Details of Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Rome, Fountain of the Triton, in Piazza Barberini square, by Gianlorenzo Bernini. Picture by Alers, august 2004. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Rome, Fountain of the Triton, in Piazza Barberini square, by Gianlorenzo Bernini. Personal photo (june 2005) by MM in it.wiki. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)The glorious city of Rome is adorned with spectacular fountains. Some fountains support obelisks and others anchor famous piazzas. The fountains are built in different styles: Classical, Medieval, Baroque and Neoclassical. They run the gamut from simple to sublime. Many of the fountains have been conceived by Bernini.
The dramatic fountains of Rome host a cast of interesting allegorical figures that generally spew water from their mouths. Many Roman popes reconstructed ruined Roman aqueducts and built new fountains that generated a host of magnificent Baroque structures.
Here are some of the most Spectacular Fountains in Rome:
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Image via Wikipedia2.Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers
3. The Fountain in the Piazza of Santa Maria Trastevere
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5. The Trevi Fountain
The 18th-century Trevi Fountain at night. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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8. The Fountain in front of Saint Peter’s Basilica
Image via Wikipedia9. The Fountain of the Moor in Piazza Navona, illustrates how the basins of Rome’s spectacular fountains are shaped in the form of chalices and have decorative elements including dolphins, tritons, theatrical masks and shells.
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10. The Pantheon Fountain at night
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