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Piazza Navona has two other fountains. At the southern end is the Fontana del Moro with a basin and four Tritons sculpted by Giacomo della Porta (1575) to which, in 1673, Bernini added a statue of a Moor, wrestling with a dolphin.
24 Μαρ 2019 · Piazza Navona is a beautiful square in the heart of Rome, surrounded by baroque buildings and three fountains. Learn about the history, the fountains by Bernini and Borromini, and the nearby sights and events.
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) is a fountain in the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy. It was designed in 1651 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Pope Innocent X whose family palace, the Palazzo Pamphili, faced onto the piazza as did the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone of which Innocent was the sponsor.
The largest and most impressive of the three fountains, this Baroque masterpiece, sculpted by famous sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini, is located right in the center of the square and topped by a Roman copy of an Egyptian obelisk.
The most beautiful parts of Piazza Navona are its three fountains, designed during the papacy of Gregory XIII: Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi. Erected in the centre of Piazza Navona, the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) was designed by Bernini in 1651.
The Fountain of the four rivers is the largest of the three fountains in Piazza Navona. The scenographic work, in the center of the square, was built by Gian Lorenzo Bernini between 1647 and 1651.
Pope Innocent X Pamphilj (reigned 1644-1655) eventually commissioned Gian Lorenzo Bernini to sculpt Rome’s greatest achievement in this genre, the Fountain of the Four Rivers, located in Piazza Navona, the ancient stadium of Emperor Domitian and the site of the Pamphilj family palace.
