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Title
Fountain Of The Four Rivers Rome Italy II
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
The Fountain of the Four Rivers (Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi) is a famous fountain in the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy. The base of the fountain features four river gods and above them, an ancient Egyptian obelisk. The gods represent four major rivers of the four continents through which papal authority had spread in the 17th century: the Nile representing Africa, the Danube representing Europe, the Ganges representing Asia, and the RÃo de la Plata representing the Americas. At the time of its installation, public fountains in Rome served as public sources of water in the centuries prior to home plumbing. In Baroque Rome, fountains were also seen as a reflection of the generosity associated with papal families. Pope Innocent X Pamphilj (reigned 1644-1655) commissioned Gian Lorenzo Bernini to sculpt this fountain for the piazza where his family’s palace was. Today the fountain and the piazza are favorite meeting and photo places!
FEATURED PHOTO, Fountains Of The World In Color group , 2/18/18
FEATURED PHOTO, USA Photographers Only group, 2/17/18
FEATURED PHOTO, Lady Photographers And Artists group, 2/16/18
FEATURED PHOTO, This Way Arts group, 2/15/18
Joan carroll, sculpture, sightseeing, roma, sky, tourist, travel, urban, tourism, statue, landmark, monument
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