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FIVE FLAMBOYANT FOUNTAINS
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Trevi Fountain
Wild horses rise out of the rocks at this fantastical rococo extravaganza, Rome's largest and
most celebrated fountain.
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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
Topped by a tapering obelisk, Bernini's opulent baroque display sits in splend-
our on Piazza Navona.
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Fontana delle Naiadi
The naked nymphs languishing around Piazza della Repubblica's scene-stealing
fountain caused a scandal when revealed in 1901.
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Fontana dell'Acqua Paola
Known to Romans as
il fontanone del Gianicolo,
this grandiose baroque foun-
tain sits atop the Gianicolo Hill.
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Barcaccia
The Spanish Steps lead down to this sunken-ship fountain, supposedly modelled on a boat
dumped on the piazza by a flood in 1598.
