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The
Hotel Forum Rome - Luxury Quality Accomodation
Rome Italy
From
Via del Tritone we enter Via della Stamperia,
which leads to the Trevi Fountain, certainly
the most famous and spectacular fountain in
Rome, made even more famous by the night-time
wading of Anita Ekberg in Federico Fellini's
film "La dolce vita'. Legend, illustrated
in the fountain's upper panels, has it that
it was a young girl who showed Agrippa's thirsty
soldiers where a copious spring gushed forth.
Hence the name of the aqueduct which, running
underground for a long stretch, is the only
one in Rome that has remained in use almost
uninterruptedly from the time of its construction
to the present day.
lt
is truly surprising to see such a large fountain
in such a small square, but the artist Nicola
Salvi, who created it between 1732 and 1762,
carefully studied the way to increase the sensation
of marvel. The artist was, disturbed during
his work by the continuous criticism expressed
by a barber who had his shop in the square.
Everyone knows that, if they want to return
to Rome, they have to throw a coin into the
basin, but be careful: for the dream to come
true, you have to toss it over your shoulder
with your back to the fountain!
Did
You Know? The name "Trevi",
allegedly derives from the word Trivium, a meeting
point of three streets that form this little
widened area.
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