The Fontanaof Trevi

I would like to talk about one of the most famous fountains in the world of The Italian Fountain of Trevi.

This wonderful monument of the great sculptor Nicola Salvi was completed in 1762, but has taken several reconstructions, the most recent completed in 2015 but besides other fountains were placehere before and its origin is lost in antiquity the Roman Empire. The Trevi Fountain is a huge sourceof almost 50 meters wide by 26 long has the honor of being the largest Baroque fountain in Rome and one of the most famous fountains in the world.

The Trevi Fountain, the name comes from its location in the neighborhood of Trevi in Rome and has appeared in many films such as celebrisima "La Dolce Vita" by Federico Fellini.

If you want to return to Rome ... flip a coin

This wonderful source has a very nice tradition "the tradition of the coin" is that ifyou want to return to Rome must throw a coin into the fountain.

More specifically you should throw the right hand over the left shoulder. Wheredoes come this custom? because of a 1954 film called "Three Coins in theFountain" which won an Oscar. In her 3 girls look for love in Rome and the threecoins are the key to the movie.

Although it seems silly these coins help the needy because with them it subsidizesa supermarket in Rome for the poor.

It is a considerable amount , an estimated 3,000 euros are thrown into the fountain each day. Thieves have no breaks and there are regular attempts to steal coins from the fountain even though it is illegal to do sousually frustrated by the police and tourists.

The history of the fountainOn the facade of the current source is a scene that defines the origin of the source end of the AquaVirgo aqueduct, one of the aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome is represented.

Depicted legend says that in 19 BC thirsty Roman soldiers were led by a girl to a source of pure water thirteen kilometers (8.1 miles) from the city of Rome. The discovery of the source Augusto led to commission the construction of an aqueduct twenty kilometers (14 miles) leads to the city, which was named Aqua Virgo or Virgin Waters, in honor of the young legend. The aqueduct servedthe thermal baths of Agrippa, and Rome, for over four years.

In 1629 Pope Urban VIII, finding the earlier fountain insufficiently dramatic, he asked Bernini to sketch possible renovations, but the project was abandoned when the pope died.

Though Bernini's project was never completed, there is a lot of Bernini at the source, today.

In 1730 Pope Clement XII organized a contest in which Nicola Salvi initially lost to Alessandro Galilei

- but due to the protest in Rome over the fact that a Florentine won, Salvi was awarded the work.

The works began in 1732 and the fountain was completed in 1762, long after Salvi's death, when the Oceanus (god of all water) sculptor Pietro Bracci was established in the central niche.

Salvi died in 1751 with his work half-finished, but he had made sure unsightly sign of stubborn barber not spoil the ensemble, hiding behind a sculpted vase, called by the Romans Asso di Coppe,the "Ace of Cups ".

The Trevi Fountain was finished in 1762 by Giuseppe Pannini, who substituted the present allegories for planned sculptures of Agrippa and "Trivia", the Roman virgin. It was officially opened and inaugurated on May 22 by Pope Clement XIII. Most of the piece is made of travertine stone quarry near Tivoli, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) east of Rome.

RemodelingEveryone who visited Rome in 2014 and 2015 was very sad … Why? yes, the answer is the Restoration of Trevi Fountain :(. This old fountain has suffered over time and lately the tourist Invation

The fountain was renovated in 1998; stone rubbed and all cracks and other deterioration areas were repaired by those skilled in the art and the source was equipped with recirculation pumps.

In January 2013, it was announced that the Italian fashion brand Fendi sponsor to 20 months, the restoration of 2.2 million euros from the source; will be the most complete restoration of the history of the source.

Restoration work began in June 2014 and was completed in November 2015. The fountain was re-opened with an official ceremony on the evening of November 3, 2015. The restoration included the installation of more than 100 LED lights to improve night lighting source.Statues of Trevi Fountain

Statues of Trevi Fountain

The backdrop of the fountain is the Palazzo Poli, given a newfacade with a giant order of Corinthian pilasters that link the twomain stories. The Taming of the waters is the theme of the giganticproject falling forward, mixing water and rockwork, and filling thesmall square. Tritons guide the carriage shell Oceanus' hippocampsdressage.

In the center of an arc of triumph robustly modeling it issuperimposed on the facade of the palace. The central nicheframing Oceanus or Neptune has free-standing columns formaximum light and shadow.

In the niches flanking Oceanus statue of Abundance ispoured water from his urn. →

Tritons and horses provide symmetrical balance, withmaximum contrast in their mood and poses characteristicrococo that by 1730, was already booming in France andGermany.

On the other side Salud holding a cup from which a snake drinks.Above, bas reliefs illustrate the Roman origin of the aqueducts.

Where is the source located?In the center of Rome, near the Pantheon. Exactly it is in Piazza di Trevi, 00187 Rome, Italy

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I'm Sure you will love the Fontana

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