It represents per Moor, or African (perhaps originally meant onesto be Neptune), standing sopra verso conch shell, wrestling with a dolphin, surrounded by four Tritons
I would recommend going con the mornings, as it is much quieter, and the sellers are not about con the mornings! Don’t miss an Italian ice cream sitting at the posh “3 Scalini” (3 steps) restaurant or, better, buy Tartufo durante 9.5 euros (see Tip below). We shall pass through Centro Navona sopra many of our trips sopra Rome .
It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. The ancient Romans came there puro watch the agones (“games”), and hence it was known as “Circus Agonalis” (“competition arena”). It is believed that over time the name changed sicuro sopra avone esatto navone and eventually to Navona.
Fontana dei quattro fiumi (four rivers) or Fountain of the Four Rivers (1651) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, topped by the Obelisk of Domitian, brought here mediante pieces from the Circus of Maxentius. The base of the fountain is verso basin from the centre of which rocks rise to support four river gods and above them, an ancient Egyptian obelisk surmounted with the Pamphili family emblem of per 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 Oriente, and the Rio de la Plata representing the Americas.
Polla del Bruno (Moor Fountain): The Southern most fountain. The fountain was originally designed by Giacomo della Porta mediante 1575 with the dolphin and four Tritons. Con 1653, interracialpeoplemeet the statue of the Moor, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, was added. Durante 1874, during a restoration of the fountain, the original statues were moved esatto the Galleria Superato and replaced with copies. In aged after a vandal attacked it with per hammer. The vandal also damaged the Trevi Fountain that night:
The middle fountain and the biggest per the square
Fonte del Nettuno (Fountain of Neptune): The Northern most fountain. The basin part of the Vena del Nettuno, (without the sculptures) was designed sopra 1574 by Giacomo Della Entrata, who also designed the Moor Fountain at the opposite side of the square. For the next 300 years, the fountain survived without statues. The fountain as it exists today was finally completed in 1878 by Antonio della Bitta, who added the imposing sculpture of “Neptune fighting with an octopus” and Gregorio Zappala, who created the other sculptures, based on the mythological theme of the “Nereids with cupids and walruses”. Statuary was added following per competition in 1873, in order esatto balance the statuary of the Moor Fountain on the south side of the largo and of the Fonte dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) at its centre.
Sant Agnese in Agone Church (also called Sant’Agnese) is opposite the Sorgente dei quattro fiumi (four rivers) in Piazza Navona. it is dedicated esatto St. Agnes born around 290. The young girl who according esatto tradition suffered as a martyr, was beheaded at age 12 by order of Emperor Diocletian. It is a 17th-century Baroque church. It stands on the site where the early Christian Saint Agnes was martyred con the ancient Stadium of Domitian. Construction began mediante 1652 under the architects Girolamo Rainaldi and his cri Carlo Rainaldi. After numerous quarrels, the other main architect involved was Francesco Borromini who was per former student of Bernini and, later, verso rival. The interior is breath taking and really worth seeing. Inside, there is per shrine with Saint Agnes’ skull. Notice the side altars which are dedicated esatto martyrs and esibizione how each one died.
