Trevi Fountain Rome Immense Beauty

by Wayne Moran

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Trevi Fountain Rome Immense Beauty

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Wayne Moran

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Photograph - Fine Art Photography

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One of the first things you’ll notice about the Trevi Fountain – or Fontana di Trevi in Italian – is that it’s downright enormous. At 85 feet high and 65 feet wide, it’s the biggest fountain in the entire city of Rome. A fountain was originally built on this spot in the mid-15th century when the tradition of building fountains to mark the end point of an aqueduct was rekindled, but this has always been the terminus of one of Rome’s ancient aqueducts – the Acqua Vergine. The aqueduct was destroyed by invaders in the 6th century but repaired in the 15th century by order of the Pope when the first fountain was built. The Trevi Fountain you see today, which was completed in 1762, is still served by that same Acqua Vergine aqueduct.

Design of the Trevi Fountain
While most people aren’t concerned with the allegories and symbolism of the fountain’s decor (especially since many are facing away from the fountain as they’re throwing coins), to the original builders the meaning was just as important as the water that flowed from the fountain. The star of the show is a figure called “Oceanus,” who is seen riding on a giant clam shell and represents water in all its forms – rivers, oceans, lakes, etc. – although perhaps the name most of us might recognize is that of Triton, Poseidon’s son who’s most often seen blowing on a conch shell. You’ll see him on the right side of Oceanus.

The building behind the fountain, the Palazzo Poli, existed when the fountain was built, but it was spruced up a bit to go with the fancy new fountain in front of it.

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November 18th, 2018

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