ROMAPEDIA: Fontana del Pianto

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

FOUNTAIN OF THE CRYING

FONTANA DEL PIANTO

Piazza delle Cinque Scole

1593 designed by Giacomo Della Porta (1533/1602) and sculpted by Pietro Gucci

Formerly in Piazza Giudea in the Jewish Ghetto. It was removed with the demolition of the Ghetto in 1885

It was rebuilt here in 1930

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ROMAPEDIA is a work of synthesis and anthology of the most authoritative and reliable sources of facts about the GREAT BEAUTY of Rome and the area of the Province of Rome.

ROMAPEDIA is an encyclopedic dictionary with 1,363 entries, including 487 churches, 278 palaces, and 153 museums. The word count is 746,174. By comparison The King James Authorized Bible has 783,137 words.

ROMAPEDIA includes quotations and critical evaluations written by talented art historians that are, in the opinion of the editor, illuminating and revealing.

ROMAPEDIA is linked to over 15,000 pictures and each entry is linked to its exact location on Google Maps.

Just click on the name of the entry translated in Italian for the pictures and on the address for the location.