The Beautiful Early Wonders by Bernini
The Beautiful Early Wonders by Bernini Bernini's earliest water fountain, named Barcaccia, is a masterful work of art seen at the bottom of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. This spot continues to be filled with Roman locals and tourists who enjoy exchanging gossip or going over the day's news. The streets surrounding his fountain have come to be one of the city’s most trendy gathering places, something which would certainly have pleased Bernini himself. The master's first water fountain of his professional life was built at around 1630 at the behest of Pope Urbano VIII. The fountain’s central theme is based on an enormous boat slowly sinking into the Mediterranean. The great 16th century flooding of the Tevere, which left the entire region inundated with water, was memorialized by the fountain according to writings from the period. In what turned out to be his one and only prolonged absence from Italy, Bernini {journeyed | traveled] to France in 1665.
The Origins of Contemporary Wall Fountains
The Origins of Contemporary Wall Fountains Himself a learned man, Pope Nicholas V led the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 till 1455 and was responsible for the translation of hundreds of age-old documents from their original Greek into Latin. It was important for him to embellish the city of Rome to make it worthy of being called the capital of the Christian world. In 1453 the Pope commissioned the repairing of the Aqua Vergine, an ancient Roman aqueduct which had carried fresh drinking water into the city from eight miles away. The ancient Roman custom of building an imposing commemorative fountain at the point where an aqueduct arrived, also known as a mostra, was resurrected by Nicholas V. The architect Leon Battista Alberti was commissioned by the Pope to construct a wall fountain where we now find the Trevi Fountain. The aqueduct he had refurbished included modifications and extensions which eventually allowed it to supply water to the Trevi Fountain as well as the renowned baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona.
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