The Fountain of Trevi

Author: Serena

The Fountain of Trevi is the biggest and the most famous fountain in Rome. Anyone who is in the “Eternal City” can’t renounce to throw a coin in the fountain’s basin: according to the tradition, in fact, this gesture will bring you luck if you do it turning your back to this monument. This wonderful construction was wanted by Pope Clemente XII and it aimed both at providing Rome with drinking water and at creating a magnificent monument.

From the architectonical point of view the Fountain of Trevi has visible baroque and Bernini’s influences. At its centre there is an arch characterized by the coat of arms of Clemente XII. On the rocky base placed under the central arch there is the statue of Ocean placed on a shell-shaped cart drawn by two sea horses guided by Tritons.

Under the central group there are rocks and petrified vegetation that are placed on the basis of the Poli Palace. Beside the central niche you can admire two couples of Corinthian columns that contains two statues representing well-being and prosperity that are the benefits produced by the pure water. The bas-relieves of this artistic work represent the project’s approval by Agrippa and the legend of the virgin who, according to the tradition, indicated the source to the Roman soldiers. The list of artists that contributed to the construction of this fountain is very long: if the general idea of this work belongs to Niccolò Salvi, all the single parts of this monument, in fact, were created by different artists.

: The central part of the Fountain

How to arrive there

The Fountain of Trevi is at the middle of the historical centre so, it is impossible to arrive there by a private car.

By Subay: You can catch the Line A of the subway from the Termini Station. You should wait two stops to arrive to the “Barberini – Fontana di Trevi Station”. After that you have to go on by foot through Via Del Tritone until Via Della Stamperia, that you’ll find on the left, and following this last street you will reach the Fountain.

If you don’t like walking, you can catch always from Termini the Bus number 175 until the stop called “Tritone/Fontana Trevi” reducing the route to do by foot.