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Rome,
the capital of Italy
enjoys the greatest
Baroque fountains, which
is 85 feet high and
65 m wide and is recognized
by name as the Trevi
Fountain or Fontana
di Trevi. Trevi Fountain
has earned the reputation
as the most attractive
fountain in Rome and
at the end of the Aqua
Virgo also symbolizes
the fountain at the
junction of routes 3.
The Roman technicians
placed Springs Salon
and Aqua Virgo known
for putting water baths,
Agrippa and the city
that has served for
over 400 years. Pope
Urban VIII ordered Bernini
to make new plans and
Bernini planned to move
the Trevi Fountain or
Fontana di Trevi, Rome
to face the Quirinal
Palace.
Pope Clement XII was
known to have committed
to Nicola Salvi to create
the great Trevi fountain
in the square. Finally,
the construction of
the Trevi Fountain was
launched in the year
1732 and was completed
under Giuseppe Pannini
in the year 1762 and
it was again renovated
in the year 1998. The
Palazzo Poli is the
creation or the backdrop
of the Trevi Fountain
and awarded a new facade
to the Trevi Fountain
including many Corinthian
pillars that connect
2 stories of the building.
The "Taming of
water" is the theme
of the system of mass
falling of waters of
the Trevi fountain,
and the figure at the
front of a huge lunge
at the centre of the
fountain is considered
the god of the sea,
Neptune whose tank fired
horse is in the form
of a shell. To the right
is the Neptune statue
Salubrity and left is
the statue of Abundance.
One of the bass reliefs
is known to contain
the image of Agrippa
including a strong central
power above and exultant
arc and the tradition
is that if people throw
coins in the Trevi fountain,
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