The Fontana di Trevi or Trevi Fountain in English is a fountain in Rome, Italy.
The Trevi Fountain is one of the top attractions in Rome and one of the most famous fountains in the world.
The Trevi Fountain is situated at the end of the Aqua Virgo, an aqueduct constructed in 19 BC by Agrippa, the son-in-law of Emperor Octavian Augustus.
The fountain dates back to ancient Roman times, since the construction of the Aqua Virgo Aqueduct in 19 B.C. by Agrippa, the son-in-law of Emperor Octavian Augustus.Aqueduct provided water to the Roman baths and the fountains of central Rome.
The aqueduct brings water all the way from the Salone Springs approximately 21 kilometer (13 miles) from Rome.
In the 15th century there alredy was a small Trevi …show more content…
In the righ portion there is the statue of Health, crowned by a wreth of laurel and holding a cup a snake drinks from. In Greek, her name is Hygieia, the source of the word hygiene.Above her there is a relief showing a Virgin lady indicating to soldiers the source of water.
The most accepted explanation for the word Trevi is that it derives for the Latin word Trivium that indicates a crossing of three streets.
The three streets of Trevi are Via De' Crocicchi, Via Poli and Via Delle Muratte.
During construction many men were injured and a few died when working with enormous stone, including a stonecutter who was crushed by a large block of travertine in 1734.
The Trevi fountain project was financed by the revenues from the re-intruduction of the Lotto game in Rome. The numbers of the first extraction on February 14th 1972 were 56, 11, 54, 18, 6.
Some believe that the central figure Oceanus is Neptune. But Neptune has often a triton in his hands and a dolphin following him. Also its designer Nicola Salvi wrote, the statue is an image of Ocean, the personification of a immense river that flows around the earth and from which all strams of water
The Trevi Fountain is one of the top attractions in Rome and one of the most famous fountains in the world.
The Trevi Fountain is situated at the end of the Aqua Virgo, an aqueduct constructed in 19 BC by Agrippa, the son-in-law of Emperor Octavian Augustus.
The fountain dates back to ancient Roman times, since the construction of the Aqua Virgo Aqueduct in 19 B.C. by Agrippa, the son-in-law of Emperor Octavian Augustus.Aqueduct provided water to the Roman baths and the fountains of central Rome.
The aqueduct brings water all the way from the Salone Springs approximately 21 kilometer (13 miles) from Rome.
In the 15th century there alredy was a small Trevi …show more content…
In the righ portion there is the statue of Health, crowned by a wreth of laurel and holding a cup a snake drinks from. In Greek, her name is Hygieia, the source of the word hygiene.Above her there is a relief showing a Virgin lady indicating to soldiers the source of water.
The most accepted explanation for the word Trevi is that it derives for the Latin word Trivium that indicates a crossing of three streets.
The three streets of Trevi are Via De' Crocicchi, Via Poli and Via Delle Muratte.
During construction many men were injured and a few died when working with enormous stone, including a stonecutter who was crushed by a large block of travertine in 1734.
The Trevi fountain project was financed by the revenues from the re-intruduction of the Lotto game in Rome. The numbers of the first extraction on February 14th 1972 were 56, 11, 54, 18, 6.
Some believe that the central figure Oceanus is Neptune. But Neptune has often a triton in his hands and a dolphin following him. Also its designer Nicola Salvi wrote, the statue is an image of Ocean, the personification of a immense river that flows around the earth and from which all strams of water