The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is Rome's largest and best-known fountain, measuring about 26 metres high and about 22 metres wide. It is located in a small square, Piazza di Trevi. The fountain was commissioned by Pope Clement XII. It was drawn by Bernini and built over 50 years later by architect Nicola Salvi, in the style of the late Baroque. Construction lasted from 1732 to 1762. The fountain was built against the rear facade of Palazzo Poli. In the empire, it was customary to erect a monument in places where water from new springs entered Rome. The name Trevi comes from the words tre via (three roads). The theme of the structure is the ocean with majestic sea god Oceanus on a shell-shaped chariot being pulled towards the ocean by winged horses and young sea gods (tritons). One horse is calm, the other is prancing. This symbolises the two faces of the sea. In two niches are depictions of Abundance and Health on the left and right. At the top right is an image of a virgin who is said to have pointed out the site of a spring to a soldier.
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