Things to do – Trevi Fountain – Rome
The Trevi Fountain is a fountain in the Rione Trevi, Rome,. Standing 25.9 meters (85 feet) high and 19.8 meters (65 feet) wide, is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and is one of the world’s most famous fountains.
At the junction of three roads fountain marks the terminus of a modern Acqua Vergine, reviving the Aqua Virgo, one of the oldest aqueducts supplied water to ancient Rome. In 19 BC, presumably through a virgin, Roman technicians placed a source of light water for around 13 km from the urban center. However, in the end, the indirect route of the aqueduct was the length of about 22 km. This led to the water Virgo Agrippa. It served Rome for more than four hundred years. Coup de grace, and urban life in late classical Rome came when the Goth besiegers broke the aqueducts and 537/38. Middle Ages, the Romans dropped the origin of contaminated water wells and the river Tiber, which was also exploited for sewage.
A traditional caption states that if visitors throw a coin into the fountain, which assure a return to Rome. Among those who do not know that three parts of 3 coins in the Fountain were thrown aside three different people, reported a current interpretation is that both sides will contribute to a new romance and three will be a marriage or split up. Another version of the legend is reported that this is a chance to throw three coins with your right hand on his left shoulder in the Trevi Fountain.
The Trevi Fountain is as well pictures Symphony Respighi Fountains of Rome, and was the framework for the iconic prospect in Federico Fellini movie La Dolce Vita leading Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni. The fountain was sour off and black pleated Mastroianni in purity of the actor after his death in 1996. Fontana is used for some scenes from the 1953 cinema Roman Holiday, leading Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. Part of the fountain is reproduced in the Italian Pavilion of Epcot Walt Disney World, USA.
Former interesting places in Rome: Popular Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore and Scala Sancta.
by harry on November 29th, 2010 Tags: Europe, holidays, Italy, Rome, Travel, vacations
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