The fountain is made of marble attached to the Palazzo Poli, which gives a new facade with Corinthian pilasters. The palazzo da Piazza di Trevi, the Quirinale hill. Although Rome has other, this is the largest (25.9 m high and 19.8 wide) of the baroque Roman sources and owes its fame largely to the movies.
When Pope Clement XII organized a contest of ideas to the source, changed its original location to the current face of the square for the pope could see her face from the Palazzo del Quirinale.
The source is located on an ancient Roman aqueduct and is accustomed to indicate the upwelling of water with a stack. Although in this case, in the Baroque period, a simple stack of old turned into a giant work of art of the time.
The Trevi Fountain is the most beautiful in Rome. With dimensions of 20 meters wide and 26 meters high, the Trevi Fountain is also the largest source of the city.
The origins of the source back to the year 19 BC, when the Fontana was the Aqua Virgo aqueduct final. The first fountain was built during the Renaissance, under the orders of Pope Nicholas V.
The final aspect of the Trevi fountain dates from 1762 when, after several years of work by the hand of Nicola Salvi, was completed by Giuseppe Pannini.
Curiously, the name derives from Tre Fountain Vie (three way), because the source was the meeting point of three streets.
The myth of the Trevi Fountain
Why there are always people throwing coins in the Trevi water and taking photos?
The myth, born with the movie "Three coins in the fountain" in 1954, reads as follows:
If you throw a coin return to Rome.
If you throw two coins: find love with an attractive Italian (or Italian).
If you throw three coins: you marry the person you met.
For this to work is recommended to throw the coin with his right hand on left shoulder.
A curious fact, each year draws about one million euros from the source. Since 2007, this money is used for charitable purposes.
The world's most beautiful source
For us, the Trevi Fountain is the most beautiful in the world. Both in the light of day as a warm light illuminated at night, the fountain is never without company.
One point that often blur the time of the visit is that the area is full of people trying to sell roses in a cramped, but just ignore them to continue enjoying such a special place.
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