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 Fountain of the Lions At the base of the ancient Egyptian obelisk, which graces the centre of Piazza del Popolo, stands the Fontana dei Leoni (1828), which was designed by the Roman architect Giuseppe Valadier (1762-1839).
The fountain actually takes the form of four mini-fountains, each comprising a marble lion on a stepped plinth. Comments are closed.
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- Cathedra Petri
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- St Peter
- Chapel of the Choir
- Chapel of the Baptistery
- Nave
- Sistine Chapel
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Fountains
- Trevi Fountain
- Fontana della Barcaccia
- Fountain of the Triton
- Fountain of the Bees
- Fountain of Moses
- Fountain of the Four Rivers
- Fountain of the Acqua Paola
- Fountain of the Turtles
- Fountain of the Naiads
- Fountain of the Cannonball
- Fountain of the Four Lions
- Fountain of the Pantheon
- Fountains of Piazza Farnese
- Fountain of the Goddess Roma
- Rioni Fountains
- Street Fountains
- Venice Marries the Sea
- Fountains of St Peter's Square
- Fountain of the Moor
- Fountain of Neptune
- Fountain of the Porter
- Fountain of the Seahorses
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Churches
- Chiesa Nuova
- Chiesa del Gesù
- San Sebastiano fuori le Mura
- San Carlo al Corso
- San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
- San Clemente
- San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
- San Giovanni in Laterano
- San Girolamo della Carità
- San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
- San Luigi dei Francesi
- San Marco
- San Paolo fuori le Mura
- San Pietro in Vincoli
- Sant' Agostino
- Sant' Agnese in Agone
- Sant' Andrea del Quirinale
- Sant' Andrea della Valle
- Sant' Antonio dei Portoghesi
- Sant' Ignazio di Loyola
- Sant' Ivo alla Sapienza
- Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
- Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
- Santa Francesca Romana
- Santa Maria del Popolo
- Santa Maria della Pace
- Santa Maria della Vittoria
- Santa Maria dell' Anima
- Santa Maria in Aracoeli
- Santa Maria in Campitelli
- Santa Maria in Trastevere
- Santa Maria Maddalena
- Santa Maria Maggiore
- Santa Maria sopra Minerva
- Santa Prassede
- Santa Sabina
- Santi Apostoli
- Santi Cosma e Damiano
- Trinità di Monti
- Ancient Monuments
-
Obelisks
- 'Minerveo' Obelisk
- 'Flaminio' Obelisk
- 'Matteiano' Obelisk
- 'Lateran' Obelisk
- 'Dogali' Obelisk
- 'Macuteo' Obelisk
- 'Solare' Obelisk
- 'Vatican' Obelisk
- 'Agonalis' Obelisk
- 'Sallustiano' Obelisk
- 'Quirinale' Obelisk
- 'Esquiline' Obelisk
- 'Pinciano' Obelisk
- 'Mediceo' Obelisk
- 'Torlonia' Obelisks
- 'Mussolini' Obelisk
- 'Marconi' Obelisk
- Mosaics
- EUR
- Gallery