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THE FOUNTAINS Roma Ti Aspetta PIEGHEVOLI Definitiviinglese6antmodif Layout126/11/1008.49Pagina2 Their Namesandmemory PIEGHEVOLI DEFINITIVI INGLESE 6 ant MODIF_Layout 1 26/11/10 08.49 Pagina 1 Call number We have reached the road along by the we can make our way up to the Tiber. So now we resume our itinerary, Fontanone del Gianicolo, or, to give it its 060608 heading for Piazza Navona. It is in this real name, the Fontana dell’Acqua or visit marvellous Baroque piazza that you can Paola, which was built for Paul V (bet- www.turismoroma.it admire Bernini’s Fontana dei Fiumi ween 1608 and 1612) by Flaminio For tourist information, (Fountain of the Four Rivers). Ponzio, while the semicircular basin was cultural events and entertainment offered in Rome Surmounting the rocks are four figures, added by Carlo Fontana in 1690. Its [Roma tiaspetta personifying rivers symbolizing the con- structure is simple, inspired by Roman tinents known in past ages: the triumphal arches. At the top, the inscrip- LIST OF T.I.P. (Tourism Information Points) Danube, the Ganges, the Rio de la Plata tion celebrates the merits of Paul V, who • G.B. Pastine Ciampino and the Nile. According to tradition, the brought the Trajan aqueduct back into International Arrivals – Baggage Collection Area (9.00 - 18.30) Fontana dei Tritoni dei Fontana poses of the statues of the Nile and of operation. The semicircle of the fountain • Fiumicino International Airport "Leonardo Da Vinci"- Arrivals the Rio de la Plata, as also that of the looks onto a panoramic terrace from International - Terminal T - 3 (9.00 - 18.30) statue of S. Agnese in the church of which the whole of Rome can be seen: • Ostia Lido [Having come to Piazza Mattei, cho- that name (Sant'Agnese in Agone) truly a sight not to be missed. Lungomare Paolo Toscanelli corner Piazza Anco Marzio (9.30 - 19.00) sen several times in the past as a natural facing the fountain, can be ascribed to [ • Castel Sant'Angelo motion picture set, take advantage to walk the rivalry between Borromini and If you feel like following a ritual pro- THE FOUNTAINS Piazza Pia (9.30 - 19.00) just a few steps into the Rome Ghetto and Bernini. In fact, the Rio de la Plata has menade of Roman families, you should go • Minghetti to taste dishes of Jewish tradition in one of up the road to the Gianicolo, to Piazzale its hand raised to ward off the collapse Via Marco Minghetti (9.30 - 19.00) the several eating places. Garibaldi where, every day at noon sharp, • Navona of the façade of the church, while the three soldiers load a cannon with a blank Piazza delle Cinque Lune (9.30 - 19.00) Nile has its face covered, not alluding to and fire a shot to spell out the time. If, Sumptuous A few hundred yards more, and you From • Nazionale the fact that its source was as yet instead, it is almost supper time, you Via Nazionale - near Palazzo delle Esposizioni come to the Fontana dei Tritoni: this Borromini fountains should set out to discover Trastevere: a gay, (9.30 - 19.00) 18th-century fountain was constructed unknown, but to the refusal to look to Bernini, colourful part of the city in which to spend • Santa Maria Maggiore erected in at Borromini’s work; in the same way COLOSSEO in 1717 at the design of the architect the greatest pleasant evenings in the many cafés, Via dell'Olmata (9.30 - 19.00) the course the inhabitants of Rome interpret Carlo Bizzaccheri, who conceived the restaurants and cocktail bars. • Sonnino of the S. Agnese’s gesture of touching her bre- artists for the Piazza Sidney Sonnino (9.30 - 19.00) star-shaped basin in honour of Pope centuries ast as the assurance given by Borromini Fountains Addresses • Termini Clement XI Albani, whose crest in fact Via Giovanni Giolitti, 34 of Rome contains an eight-pointed star. The that her church would not collapse. Inside Building F - Platform 24 (8.00 - 20.30) 1 Piazza della Repubblica and Terme di fountain is situated in a fascinating [If you are there at the time for aperi- Diocleziano. Metro line A, Repubblica stop. context, but suffers from the drawback tifs, remember that, just behind Piazza 2 Piazza Barberini. Metro line A, Barberini stop. The Card that offers you Arzeni Renzo by: Translated Cristofani Cenni - M. A. Photos: SYSTEM DGE of always having been afflicted by a Transport and 2 Museums free Navona, Via della Pace, Piazza del Fico and 3 Fontana di Trevi. Metro line A, Barberini stop. www.romapass.it lack of water. Via del Governo Vecchio are animated, 4 Piazza di Spagna and Via del Babuino. Metro line from the afternoon until late at night, by A, Spagna stop. [You just have to cross the road to crowds of people making this district one Piazza Navona. Buses: 64, 81 and 87. Tram: 8. reach the Bocca della Verità (the Mouth of of the liveliest in the city. And as for eating 5 Truth): why lose the opportunity and the or drinking, you can take your pick! 6 Piazza Mattei. Buses: 170, 75, 628, 81, 160. emotion of putting your hand into the 7 Fontana dei Tritoni and Bocca della Verità. mouth, recalling the famous scene in the Our stroll finally takes us across the Buses: 170, 75, 628, 81, 160. film “Roman Holiday”? river. Once we are in Trastevere, in fact, 8 Fontanone del Gianicolo. Via Garibaldi, 35. Bus: line H. Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi Fontana PIEGHEVOLI DEFINITIVI INGLESE 6 ant MODIF_Layout 1 26/11/10 08.49 Pagina 2 The Fountains Our walk starts at the Fontana delle Thousands Works of custom to turn your back on the foun- The English poet Shelley once said [If you walk along Via del Babuino, of Rome: Naiadi (Fountain of the Naiads), in of fountains art and tain and to throw a coin into the water "The fountains in themselves are worth you can discover a very curious fountain: a monumental Piazza della Repubblica. This is the scattered symbols of that of the Babuino. The singular ugliness of over your shoulder: this action makes a journey to Rome”. Water and its and cultural most beautiful of Rome’s modern foun- around the Roman life the ancient statue that adorned the square it certain, it is said, that you will one tains, created for the purpose of provi- basin drew the attention of the Romans, day return to Rome. fountains form part of the artistic and heritage city ding a monumental perspective to the who first of all started calling the divinity depicted “the Baboon”, then gave the sta- then very elegant Via Nazionale. [If you feel like a snack, it is not far to cultural heritage of the capital: ever tue’s name to the street, and finally inclu- the Enoteca Palatuum, in Via Frattina, It was made in 1888 to the design of ded it among the city’s other “talking sta- since the days of the ancient Romans, where you can taste the typical products of Alessandro Guerrieri who placed four tues”. Lazio. A pleasurable pause! various men in power have chosen this gypsum lions around the large round basin. These lions were replaced in Returning towards Via del Tritone, a element of urban furniture to perpetuate A fifteen-minute walk in the direction La Barcaccia 1901 by four bronze groups by the Tritone del Fontana visit just has to be made to the foun- of the Ghetto will bring you to a deli- sculptor Mario Rutelli, representing the their names and memory. tain which the film “La Dolce Vita” has ghtful Florentine-style fountain, the Nymph of the Lakes, the Nymph of the given a sort of eternal place in the At the foot of the flight of steps you Fontana delle Tartarughe (the Rivers, the Nymph of the Oceans and del Tritone. Four dolphins with upturned public imagination: the Fontana di can admire the splendid fountain by Tortoise Fountain) in Piazza Mattei. the Nymph of Underground Waters. tails support an open scallop shell astri- Trevi. Made as a monumental celebra- Pietro Bernini, called the Barcaccia You come upon it all of a sudden, de which there is a triton blowing a tion of the Acqua Vergine, the water [ (“Old Barge”). The theme of this work coming along one of the characteri- You can take advantage of the fact conch. This was designed by the artist conveyed to Rome by the aqueduct that the Terme (or Baths) di Diocleziano are stems from the flood of 1598, which stic little roads leading to it, bounded in 1643, and was his first work in a field which Agrippa had constructed in 19 close by, to pay them a visit and to do a bit enabled boats to reach as far as the by some fine 16th and 17th-century in which he went on to display such BC, this fountain has been remodelled of shopping in Via Nazionale. spot where the fountain stands today. buildings (palaces). Four graceful great talent and originality. and replaced in the course of the cen- Pope Urban VIII commissioned Bernini young boys each raises an arm hol- Until the end of the 18th century, a turies. It arouses a feeling of surprise One stop on the underground railway to make the fountain in 1627: in that ding a little tortoise to drink the fresh macabre spectacle was enacted in and wonderment due to its imposing (metro) takes you to Piazza Barberini, in area, however, the pressure of the water fed into the basin at the top by front of this fountain: in fact, the cor- structure, which seems to “fill” the the centre of which is located Gian water in the Acqua Vergine aqueduct, a submerged jet.
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