Piazza della Repubblica, Rome

Coordinates: 41°54′09″N 12°29′47″E / 41.90250°N 12.49639°E / 41.90250; 12.49639
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This article is about the square in Rome. For namesake squares in other towns and cities, see Republic Square (disambiguation).
Piazza della Repubblica
City square
Panorama of the Piazza.
Panorama of the Piazza.
LocationRome, Italy
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Coordinates: 41°54′09″N 12°29′47″E / 41.90250°N 12.49639°E / 41.90250; 12.49639

Piazza della Repubblica is a circular

Termini station. On it is to be found Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri. It is served by the Repubblica – Teatro dell'Opera Metro station. From the square starts one of the main streets of Rome, Via Nazionale
.

The former name of the piazza, Piazza dell'Esedra, still very common today, originates in the large

Carlo Borromeo, and eventually came into the possession of Cardinal Alessandro Sforza in 1579. Between 1598 and 1600 the exedra was converted into a church. Then, in 1885, the Via Nazionale cut through the centre of this structure.[2]

The porticos around the piazza, built in 1887–98 by

Greek cross
plan).

Panorama of the Piazza Esedra (Piazza della Repubblica) from 1964 postcard

Fountain of the Naiads

Main article: Fountain of the Naiads
The Fountain of the Naiads

The fountain in this square was originally the fountain of the

sculptures of Naiads by Mario Rutelli[3] from Palermo, the great-grandfather of the politician and former mayor of Rome, Francesco Rutelli.[4]

The naiads represented are the Nymph of the Lakes (recognisable by the swan she holds), the Nymph of the Rivers (stretched out on a monster of the rivers), the Nymph of the Oceans (riding a horse symbolising of the sea), and the Nymph of the Underground Waters (leaning over a mysterious dragon). In the centre is Rutelli's Glauco group (1911/12), symbolizing the dominion of the man over natural force and replacing a previous sculpture.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Piazza della Repubblica | Rome, Italy Attractions".
  2. ^ David Coffin, Gardens and Gardening in Papal Rome(Princeton University Press, 1991), p.69.
  3. ^ "Fontana delle Naiadi | Rome, Italy Attractions".
  4. ^ "Mario Rutelli, my great-grandfather. Interview with Francesco Rutelli". 30 January 2015.

External links

Media related to Piazza della Repubblica (Rome) at Wikimedia Commons

Preceded by
Piazza della Minerva 		Landmarks of Rome
Piazza della Repubblica, Rome 		Succeeded by
Piazza Farnese
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