A Guide to the Fountains of Rome - Walks in Rome (Est. 2001)

The Fountains of Rome

‘The fountains of Rome are, in themselves,
magnificent combinations of art,
such as alone it were worth coming to see.’

Percy Bysshe Shelley

A List of the Major Public Fountains

16th Century
Fontana del Pizza Nicosia
Fountain of Neptune (Piazza Navona)
Fountain of the Moor
Fountain of Piazza del Rotondo
Fountain of Piazza Colonna
Fountain of the Turtles
Fountain of the 'Soup Tureen'
Fountain of Moses
Fountain of the Dioscuri
Fountain of Piazza Campitelli
Fountain of Piazza dell' Aracoeli
Fountain of Piazza dei Monti
Fountain of the 'Cannonball'
Fountain of the Prisoner
Fountain of Piazza delle Cinque Scole

17th Century
Fountain of the Lateran Obelisk
Fountain of the Acqua Paola
Fountain of Ponte Sisto
Fountain of Palazzo del Monte di Pieta
Two Fountains of Piazza San Pietro
Fountain of Piazza del Sant' Andrea della Valle
Two Fountains in Piazza Farnese
Fontana della Barcaccia
Fountain of the Triton
Fountain of the Four Rivers

18th Century
Fountain of the Tritons
Trevi Fountain
Fountain of the Seahorses
Fontana della Botticella

19th Century
Fountains of Piazza del Popolo
Fountain of Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fountain of Piazza Mastai
Fountain of the Naiads

20th Century
Fountains of the Palace of Justice
Fountains of the Two Seas
Fountain of the Frogs
Fountain of the Caryatids
Fountain of Piazza del Viminale
Fountain of Piazza Mazzini
Fountain of Piazzale degli Eroi
Fountain of the 'Constitution'
Fountain of Daphne and Apollo

21st Century
Fountain of the Goddess Roma (Piazza Monte Grappa)

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One of the four lions of the Fontana dei Leoni, Piazza del Popolo, Rome

Fountain of the Bees by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Via Veneto, Rome

Fontana della Barcaccia, Piazza del Spagna, Rome

Fountain of the Triton (Fontana del Tritone) by Bernini, Piazza Barberini, Rome

Fountain, Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome

Fountain of the Naiads, Piazza della Repubblica, Rome

Fontana di Cavalli Marini, (Fountain of the Sea-Horses), Villa Borghese, Rome

Fountain of the Moor, Piazza Navona, Rome

Fountain of Neptune, Piazza Navona, Rome

Trevi Fountain, Rome

Fontana delle Tartarughe (Fountain of the Turtles), Piazza Mattei, Rome

Fountain by Carlo Maderno, St Peter's Square, Rome

Fontana del Nettuno (Fountain of Neptune), Piazza del Popolo, Rome

Rome between the Tiber and the Anio by Giovanni Ceccarini, Fountain, Piazza del Popolo, Rome

Fontana del Mascherone di Santa Sabina, Piazza Pietro d' Illiria, Rome

Fountain of the Four Rivers, Piazza Navona, Rome

Fountain of Moses, Rome

Fontana di Piazza Mastai, Rome

Fontana degli Artisti by Pietro Lombardi, Via Margutta, Rome

Fontana della Pigna (Fountain of the Pinecone) by Pietro Lombardi, Rome

Fontana dei Libri (Fountain of Books) by Pietro Lombardi, Via dei Staderari, Rome

Fountain of the Porter (Fontanella del Facchino), Rome

Galleon Fountain (Fontana della Galea) by Giovanni Vasanzio, Vatican Gardens, Rome

Venice Marries the Sea, Fountain in the courtyard of Palazzo Venezia, Rome

Fountain of the Adriatic Sea by Emilio Quadrelli, the Vittoriano, Rome

Fontana del Tirreno by Pietro Canonica, the Vittoriano, Rome

Fontana dell' Acqua Paola, Rome

One of the two Fountains of the Egyptian Lions, Cordonata del Campidoglio, Rome

Fountain of the Monte di Pieta, Rome

Fountain of the Lateran Obelisk, Rome

The Fonte Gaia (Fountain of Joy), Villa Borghese, Rome

Fountain of the Goddess Roma by Igor Mitoraj, Piazza Monte Grappa, Rome

Fountain of the Cannonball, Villa Medici, Rome

A street fountain, Rome

Fountain of the Caryatids, Piazza dei Quiriti, Rome

Fontana del Pianto, Piazza delle Cinque Scole, Rome

Fontana della Cancelleria, Rome

Fountain of the Tiaras (Fontana delle Tiare), Rome

Bath of Venus, garden of Palazzo Borghese, Rome

Fountain of the Fauns, Villa Sciarra, Rome

Fountain of Pope Julius III (r. 1550-55), Via Flaminia, Rome.

Fountain of the Baboon, Via del Babuino, Rome

16th century fountain, Piazza Nicosia, Rome

Fountain of the Cannonballs (1927) by Pietro Lombardi, Rome

Fountain of the Frogs, Piazza Mincio, Rome

Fountain of Porta Furba, Rome

Fountain with the Grand Sphere, Palazzo della Farnesina, Rome

Fontana dell’ Acqua Acetosa, Rome

Fountain in Piazza Mazzini, Rome

Fountain (1960) by Franceso Barbieri, courtyard of Palazzo Mediobanca, Piazza di Spagna, Rome.

17th century fountain in the courtyard of Palazzo Antamoro, Rome

Fountain of Venus, Vicolo dei Catinari, Rome

The Fountain of the Bathers, Gardens of Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome

Fontana del Mascherone in Via Giulia, Rome

Fontana Sallustiana, Rome

Fountain of Palazzo Spada (aka Fountain of the Breasts), Rome

Fountain of Moses in the Bulrushes (1868) by Ascanio di Brazzà, Villa Borghese, Rome