Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, in the Piazza Navona, was designed in 1651 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

The base of the fountain is a basin from the centre of which travertine rocks rise to support four river gods and above them, an ancient Egyptian obelisk surmounted with the Pamphili family emblem of a dove with an olive twig. Collectively, they represent four major rivers of the four continents through which papal authority had spread: the Nile representing Africa, the Danube representing Europe, the Ganges representing Asia, and the Río de la Plata representing the Americas ( read more )

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi address   (   Show map )

Piazza Navona. Rome.Lazio. Italy.

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  +39 06 0608

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