Showing posts with label Fontana delle Anfore. Show all posts
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Monday, December 30, 2013

FOUNTAIN OF THE AMPHORAS

FONTANA DELLE ANFORE
1926 Pietro Lombardi (1894/1984)
It originally was in Piazza Testaccio and it was moved here in 1935
It hints to the jars for oil of which Monte Testaccio is made out of, a whole hill consisting of a landfill used in ancient Rome for about 300 years
The fountain was very successful and therefore other eight fountains were commissioned to Lombardi in various districts of Rome