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Triton Fountain

Triton Fountain

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Triton Fountain

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Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

January 6, 2023

Hiking

Four dolphins whose tails are directed upwards to hold an open shell on which a newt plays a conch shell. It was made by the artist in 1643, thus making his debut in a field in which he would prove his great talent and originality. Until the end of the 18th century, a macabre spectacle took place in front of this fountain: the corpses of unknown persons were exposed and a town crier invited the population to identify the bodies.

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

November 28, 2021

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In the center of the Square is the fountain, which dates back to the beginning of the 18th century and is supplied by a branch of the Acqua Felice, it is located near the temple of Ercole Vincitore, in the square in front of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, which houses the Bocca della Verità. .
Sculpted by Francesco Moratti and designed by the architect Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri at the behest of Pope Clement

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February 2, 2024

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The Fontana del Tritone is said to be one of the first works of art and the first fountain
be Bernini. Four fish (dolphins?) carry two scallops on their tails …

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