Rome Sights

Fontana dell’Acqua Paola

#243 of 963 things to do in Rome

#7212 of 49054 things to do in Europe

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Lonely Planet review for Fontana dell’Acqua Paola

Just up from the Chiesa di San Pietro in Montorio, this monumental white fountain was built in 1612 to celebrate the restoration of a 2nd-century aqueduct that supplied (and still supplies) water from Lago di Bracciano, 35km to the north of Rome. Four of the fountain’s six pink-stone columns came from the façade of the old St Peter’s Basilica, while much of the marble was pillaged from the Roman Forum. The large granite basin was added by Carlo Fontana in 1690.

 

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