Go into side streets esatto avoid the high prices

It represents a Moor, or African (perhaps originally meant puro be Neptune), standing durante verso conch shell, wrestling with verso dolphin, surrounded by four Tritons

I would recommend going durante 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 mediante 9.5 euros (see Tip below). We shall pass through Piazzale Navona in many of our trips in Rome .

It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built durante 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 stadio”). It is believed that over time the name changed sicuro sopra avone preciso navone and eventually to Navona.

Polla 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 segno of the fountain is verso basin from the centre of which rocks rise esatto support four river gods and above them, an ancient Egyptian obelisk surmounted with the Pamphili family emblem of verso ove 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 Levante, and the Rio de la Plata representing the Americas.

Polla del Gelso (Moor Fountain): The Southern most fountain. The fountain was originally designed by Giacomo della Apertura in 1575 with the dolphin and four Tritons. In 1653, the statue of the Moor, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, was added. Durante 1874, during per restoration of the fountain, the original statues were moved puro the Scavo Tradizionalista and replaced with copies. Durante aged after a vandal attacked it with per hammer. The vandal also damaged the Trevi Fountain that night:

The middle fountain and the biggest con the square

Polla del Nettuno (Fountain of Neptune): The Northern most fountain. The basin part of the Fonte del Nettuno, (without the sculptures) was designed durante 1574 by Giacomo Della Porta, 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 mediante 1873, sopra order preciso balance the statuary of the Moor Fountain on the south side of the centro and of the Polla dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) at its centre.

Sant Agnese mediante Anfiteatro Church è senior match gratis (also called Sant’Agnese) is opposite the Fonte dei quattro fiumi (four rivers) durante Largo Navona. it is dedicated puro St. Agnes born around 290. The young girl who according to tradition suffered as a martyr, was beheaded at age 12 by order of Emperor Diocletian. It is per 17th-century Baroque church. It stands on the site where the early Christian Saint Agnes was martyred sopra the ancient Stadium of Domitian. Construction began con 1652 under the architects Girolamo Rainaldi and his bruissement Carlo Rainaldi. After numerous quarrels, the other main architect involved was Francesco Borromini who was per former student of Bernini and, later, a rival. The interior is breath taking and really worth seeing. Inside, there is a shrine with Saint Agnes’ skull. Abrege the side altars which are dedicated sicuro martyrs and esibizione how each one died.