1613 Jan Van Santen aka Giovanni Vasanzio (1550/1621) with Giovanni Fontana (1540/1614), brother of Domenico and expert in hydraulics, for Pope Paul V Borghese (1605/21)
It was originally on the opposite bank at the end of Via Giulia
It was moved here in 1898 according to the design of Angelo Vescovali (1826/95), who had designed the embankments of the Tiber. It was rebuilt with only slightly more than half of the original material
It is also popularly known as Fontanone di Ponte Sisto (Big Fountain of Sixtus Bridge), whereas in the past it used to be called Fontanone dei Cento Preti (Big Fountain of the One Hundred Priests) as the original location in Via Giulia was adjacent to a monastery called Hospice of the One Hundred Brothers
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