The Trevi Fountain

Trevi Fountain at night.

The fountain of Trevi, filled with coins, from another perspective.

Fontana di Trevi by night.

The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi)^[1] is the largest — standing 25.9 meters (85 feet) high and 19.8 meters (65 feet) wide — and most ambitious of the Baroque fountains of Rome. It is located in the rione of Trevi. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2288x1712, 771 KB) Information: Fontana di Trevi by night Source: Myself Date: 8/2006 Photographer: KostasKon File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Trevi Fountain Metadata This file... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2288x1712, 771 KB) Information: Fontana di Trevi by night Source: Myself Date: 8/2006 Photographer: KostasKon File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Trevi Fountain Metadata This file... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 1. ... For other uses, see Baroque (disambiguation). ... The worlds highest fountain: King Fahds Fountain in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Three traditional fountain features: a low jet, a pair of raised basins, and sculpture with a water theme, here hippocamps (Villa Borghese, Rome) A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source (Latin fons... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... A map of the center of Rome with its rioni The word rione (pl. ... Logo of the rione Trevi is the rione II of Rome. ...

Pre-1629 history of the aqueduct and the fountain site

The fountain at the juncture of three roads (tre vie)^[2] marks the terminal point^[3] of the "modern" Acqua Vergine, the revivified Aqua Virgo, one of the ancient aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome. In 19 BC, supposedly with the help of a virgin, Roman technicians located a source of pure water some 13 km (8 miles) from the city. (This scene is presented on the present fountain's facade). However, the eventual indirect route of the aqueduct made its length some 22 km (14 miles). This Aqua Virgo led the water into the Baths of Agrippa. It served Rome for more than four hundred years.^[4] The "coup de grace" for the urban life of late classical Rome came when the Goth besiegers in 537/38 broke the aqueducts. Medieval Romans were reduced to drawing water from polluted wells and the Tiber River, which was also used as a sewer. The Aqua Virgo (also known as the Acqua Vergine) was one of the 11 aqueducts that supplied the city of ancient Rome. ... The Aqua Virgo (also known as the Acqua Vergine) was one of the 11 aqueducts that supplied the city of ancient Rome, Italy. ... Pont du Gard, France, a Roman era aqueduct circa 19 BC. It is one of Frances top tourist attractions at over 1. ... Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (c. ... Combatants Eastern Roman Empire Ostrogothic Kingdom Commanders Belisarius Witigis Strength <5,000 soldiers 5,600 reinforcements unknown number of conscripts ~45,000 men Wars of Justinian I Iberian War Dara - Nisibis - Callinicum Vandalic War Ad Decimum - Tricamarum Gothic War 1st Rome - Faventia - 2nd Rome - 3rd Rome - Taginae - Mons Lactarius - Volturnus... Tiber River in Rome. ...

The Roman custom of building a handsome fountain at the endpoint of an aqueduct that brought water to Rome was revived in the fifteenth century, with the Renaissance. In 1453, Pope Nicholas V finished mending the Acqua Vergine aqueduct and built a simple basin, designed by the humanist architect Leon Battista Alberti, to herald the water's arrival.^[5] This article is about the European Renaissance of the 14th-17th centuries. ... Nicholas V, né Tomaso Parentucelli (November 15, 1397 – March 24, 1455) was Pope from March 6, 1447, to his death. ... Leone Battista Alberti (February 1404 - 25th April 1472), Italian painter, poet, linguist, philosopher, cryptographer, musician, architect, and general Renaissance polymath . ...

The present fountain

Commission, construction and design

In 1629 Pope Urban VIII, finding the earlier fountain insufficiently dramatic, asked Bernini to sketch possible renovations, but when the Pope died the project was abandoned. Bernini's lasting contribution was to resite the fountain from the other side of the square to face the Quirinal Palace (so the Pope could look down and enjoy it). Though Bernini's project was torn down for Salvi's fountain, there are many Bernini touches in the fountain as it was built. An early, striking and influential model by Pietro da Cortona, preserved in the Albertina, Vienna, also exists, as do various early eighteenth century sketches, most unsigned, as well as a project attributed to Nicola Michetti^[6] one attributed to Ferdinando Fuga^[7] and a French design by Edme Bouchardon.^[8] Pope Urban VIII (April 1568 – July 29, 1644), born Maffeo Barberini, was Pope from 1623 to 1644. ... A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in the David (below, left) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680), who worked chiefly in Rome, was the pre-eminent baroque artist. ... The Quirinal Palace once housed popes, then kings, and now presidents. ... Pietro da Cortona, byname of Pietro Berettini (November 1, 1596- May 16, 1669) was a prolific artist and architect of High Baroque. ... The Albertina is a famous art museum in Vienna, Austria. ... Ferdinando Fugas façade of Santa Maria Maggiore, completed 1743, depicted by Giovanni Paolo Pannini Ferdinando Fuga (Florence 1699– Rome 1781) was a Florentine architect, whose main works were realized in Rome and Naples. ...

Competitions had become the rage during the Baroque era to design buildings, fountains, and even the Spanish Steps. In 1730 Pope Clement XII organized a contest in which Nicola Salvi initially lost to Alessandro Galilei — but due to the outcry in Rome over the fact that a Florentine won, Salvi was awarded the commission anyway.^[9] Work began in 1732, and the fountain was completed in 1762, long after Clement's death, when Pietro Bracci's 'Neptune' was set in the central niche. For other uses, see Baroque (disambiguation). ... The Spanish Steps, seen from Piazza di Spagna. ... Clement XII, born as Lorenzo Corsini (Florence, April 7, 1652 – Rome, February 6, 1740), Pope from 1730 to 1740, had been an aristocratic lawyer and financial manager under preceding pontiffs. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Alessandro Galilei (1691 - 1736) was a Florentine architect and theorist. ... Pietro Bracci (Rome, 1700—Rome, 1773) was an Italian sculptor working in the Late Baroque manner. ... This article is about the Greek god. ...

Salvi died in 1751, with his work half-finished, but before he went he made sure a stubborn barber's unsightly sign would not spoil the ensemble, hiding it behind a sculpted vase. The Trevi Fountain was finished in 1762 by Giuseppe Pannini, who substituted the present bland allegories for planned sculptures of Agrippa and "Trivia", the Roman virgin. The interior of the Pantheon, Rome Giovanni Paolo Pannini or Panini (Piacenza, June 17, 1691 – Rome, October 21, 1765) was an Italian painter and architect. ... Agrippa may refer to: Menenius Agrippa, a Roman consul in 503 BC. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63–12 BC), Roman statesman and general, friend of Augustus Caesar. ...

Restoration

The fountain was refurbished in 1998; the stonework was scrubbed and the fountain provided with recirculating pumps.

Iconography

The backdrop for the fountain is the Palazzo Poli, given a new facade with a giant order of Corinthian pilasters that link the two main stories. Taming of the waters is the theme of the gigantic scheme that tumbles forward, mixing water and rockwork, and filling the small square. Tritons guide Oceanus' shell chariot, taming seahorses (hippocamps). The Palazzo Poli is a palace forming the backdrop to the Trevi Fountain. ... In Classical architecture, a giant order is an order whose columns or pilasters span two (or more) storeys. ... The Corinthian order as used for the portico of the Pantheon, Rome provided a prominent model for Renaissance and later architects, through the medium of engravings. ... In Greek mythology, Triton is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, the personification of the roaring waters, represented as having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish. ... Species See text. ...

In the center is superimposed a robustly modelled triumphal arch. The center niche or exedra framing Oceanus has free-standing columns for maximal light-and-shade. In the niches flanking Oceanus, Abundance spills water from her urn and Salubrity holds a cup from which a snake drinks. Above, bas reliefs illustrate the Roman origin of the aqueducts. A triumphal arch is a structure in the shape of a monumental archway, usually built to celebrate a victory in war. ... An exedra adopted by James Cameron for a neoclassical interior space, at the Hermitage In architecture an exedra is a semicircular recess, often crowned by a half-dome, which is usually set into a buildings facade. ... Oceanus, with his wife, Tethys, ruled the seas before Poseidon. ... Bas-relief (pronounced bah-relief, French for low relief) is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal creating a sculpture portrayed as a picture. ...

The tritons and horses provide symmetrical balance, with the maximum contrast in their mood and poses (by 1730, the rococo is already in full bloom in France and Germany). A style of 18th century French art and interior design, Rococo style rooms were designed as total works of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings. ...

Coin throwing

A traditional legend holds that if visitors throw a coin into the fountain, they are ensured a return to Rome. Among those who are unaware that the "three coins" of Three Coins in the Fountain were thrown by three different individuals, a reported current interpretation is that two coins will ensure a marriage will occur soon, while three coins leads to a divorce. A reported current version of this legend is that it is lucky to throw three coins with one's right hand over one's left shoulder into the Trevi Fountain. Three Coins in the Fountain is a 1954 film which tells the story of three American girls looking for romance in Rome. ...

Approximately 3,000 Euros are thrown into the fountain each day and are collected at night. The money has been used to subsidize a supermarket for Rome's needy. However, there are regular attempts to steal coins from the fountain, including some using a magnetized pole. ^[10]

Panorama of the Trevi Fountain

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Popular culture

A slightly scaled-down replica of the Trevi Fountain can be found outside the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, an unincorporated township in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ...

Classical music

One of Respighi's Fontane di Roma. Elsa and Ottorino Respighi in the 1920s Ottorino Respighi (Bologna, July 9, 1879 - Rome, April 18, 1936) was an Italian composer, musicologist, pianist, violist and violinist. ... Fontane di Roma (Italian Fountains of Rome) is a 1916 work by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, now considered apart of the Roman Trilogy of symphonic poems along with Feste Romane and Pini di Roma. ...

Film

• A scene in the 1953 comedy Roman Holiday with Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, and Eddie Albert.
• Three Coins in the Fountain. (1954)
• A scene of drenching Anita Ekberg in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita.
  • A fictionalized filming of this scene in C'eravamo tanto amati.
• Coins in the Fountain a 1990 remake of the 1954 film starring Loni Anderson.
• Several scenes in The Lizzie McGuire Movie.
• Several scenes in Sabrina Goes to Rome.
• A few scenes in the Chinese series Triumph in the Skies
• A scene in the 'Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen' Movie When in Rome.
• A scene in the 2005 film Elsa y Fred where the same scene in La Dolce Vita is remade because of the title character's lifelong wish.
• Bon Jovi's Thank You For Loving Me music video was filmed there.

Roman Holiday is a 1953 romantic comedy. ... Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. ... Audrey Hepburn (May 4, 1929) – January 20, 1993) was an English Academy Award-, Tony Award-, Grammy Award-, and Emmy Award-winning film and stage actress, fashion icon, and humanitarian. ... Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005) was a popular Oscar and Emmy Award-nominated American stage, film, character actor, gardener, and humanitarian activist, perhaps best known for playing Bing Edwards in the Brother Rat films, or for his role in the 1960s television comedy Green Acres. ... Three Coins in the Fountain is a 1954 film, named after a popular song of the same name. ... Anita Ekberg in the Fontana di Trevi. ... Federico Fellini (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was one of the most influential and widely revered film-makers of the 20th century. ... Dolce Vita redirects here. ... Ceravamo tanto amati (U.S. title: We All Loved Each Other So Much) is a 1975 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Ettore Scola and written by Scola and the famous screenwriter duo of Age & Scarpelli. ... This article is about the year. ... Loni Kaye Anderson (born August 5, 1945) is an American actress, best known for her role as Jennifer Marlowe on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati and as a former wife of Burt Reynolds (from 1988 to 1993). ... The Lizzie McGuire Movie is a comedy film based on the Disney Channel show Lizzie McGuire which was released on May 2, 2003, by Walt Disney Pictures. ... Sabrina Goes to Rome is a 1998 television movie produced for ABC. The movie is part of the Sabrina, the Teenage Witch TV series and is the first TV movie made for the series. ... Triumph in the Skies Triumph In The Skies is a 2003 drama series produced by the Hong Kong TV network TVB. The show revolved around the theme of aviation, following the lives and loves of the pilots, staff, and flight attendants of the fictional Solar Airways, as well as the... Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986) are American actresses, best known for playing the role of Michelle Tanner on the sitcom Full House. ... For the 1952 film starring Van Johnson and Paul Douglas, see When in Rome (1952 film). ... Elsa y Fred is a 2005 Spanish-Argentine co-production directed by Marcos Carnevale and starring Manuel Alexandre, China Zorrilla and Federico Luppi. ... Thank You For Loving Me is a song by Bon Jovi. ...

References

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• Aerial view of Trevi Fountain.. Google Maps. Retrieved on August 6, 2007.The fountain is the blue rounded rectangle in the center of the photo, just west of the Quirinal Palace.

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• Engraving of the fountain's more modest predecessor.

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