Tuesday, December 24, 2013

FOUNTAIN OF THE MERMEN

FONTANA DEI TRITONI
1715 Francesco Carlo Bizzaccheri (1655/1721) with eight pointed heraldic star belonging to pope Clement XI Albani (1700/21) in the tank
"Mermen" by Francesco Maratta brother of Carlo Maratta
"Rocks" di Filippo Bai
Not far to the south FOUNTAIN FOR CATTLE made in 1717 also by Francesco Carlo Bizzaccheri formerly close to the Fountain of the Mermen and moved here after the construction of the banks of the Tiber. It was the only watering place for animals of the many that existed in the center of Rome

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