Fountain of Neptune, Rome
Fountain of Neptune | |
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| Fountain | |
Giacomo Della Porta | |
| Location | Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy |
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| Coordinates: 41°53′59.35″N 12°28′22.95″E / 41.8998194°N 12.4730417°E | |
The Fountain of Neptune (Italian: Fontana del Nettuno) is a fountain in Rome, Italy, located at the north end of the Piazza Navona.[1]
Name
It was once called "Fontana dei Calderari" because it was located close to a small alley with blacksmith's workshops, makers of pots and pans and of other metal based businesses, all of them generating heat.
History
The restoration of the Roman
Gregory XIII. The lower part of the basin consists of white marble and the upper part of the local stone from Pietrasanta
. For the next 300 years, the fountain survived without statues.
Nineteenth-century infrastructure developments reduced dependence on urban fountains for drinking and washing purposes but increased their visual and political importance, especially following the
Moor Fountain on the south side of the piazza and of the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers)
at its centre.
References
- ^ "Neptune Fountain". RomaViva.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ^ "Fountains of Rome".
- Martin Pulvers, "Roman Fountains, 2000 Fountains in Rome, a complete collection", L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2002 ISBN 88-8265-176-2
External links
- Lucentini, M. (31 December 2012). The Rome Guide: Step by Step through History's Greatest City. ISBN 9781623710088.
Media related to Fontana del Nettuno (Navona) at Wikimedia Commons
| Preceded by Fontana della Navicella, Rome |
Landmarks of Rome Fountain of Neptune, Rome |
Succeeded by Fontana del Nettuno, Piazza del Popolo |