Go into side streets to avoid the high prices
It represents a Moor, or African (perhaps originally meant esatto be Neptune), standing in per conch shell, wrestling with verso dolphin, surrounded by four Tritons
I would recommend going per the mornings, as it is much quieter, and the sellers are not about con the mornings! Don’t miss an Italian ice cream sitting at the posh “3 Scalini” (3 steps) restaurant or, better, buy Tartufo con 9.5 euros (see Tip below). We shall pass through Centro Navona sopra many of our trips sopra Rome .
It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built durante 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. tavolo caffmos The ancient Romans came there to watch the agones (“games”), and hence it was known as “Circus Agonalis” (“competition parte”). It is believed that over time the name changed preciso durante avone onesto navone and eventually to Navona.
Sorgente dei quattro fiumi (four rivers) or Fountain of the Four Rivers (1651) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, topped by the Obelisk of Domitian, brought here con pieces from the Circus of Maxentius. The luogo of the fountain is a basin from the centre of which rocks rise preciso support four river gods and above them, an ancient Egyptian obelisk surmounted with the Pamphili family emblem of a in cui with an olive twig. Collectively, they represent four major rivers of the four continents through which papal authority had spread: the Nile representing Africa, the Danube representing Europe, the Ganges representing Oriente, and the Rio de la Plata representing the Americas.
Sorgente del Moro (Moor Fountain): The Southern most fountain. The fountain was originally designed by Giacomo della Uscita in 1575 with the dolphin and four Tritons. Mediante 1653, the statue of the Moor, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, was added. Durante 1874, during per restoration of the fountain, the original statues were moved puro the Galleria Retrogrado and replaced with copies. Daha fazlasını oku
