Saturday, January 4, 2014

FOUNTAIN OF CAVALRY GATE

FONTANA DI PORTA CAVALLEGGERI
1565 for Pope Pius IV Medici (1559/65) next to the now moved and closed Porta Cavalleggeri or Porta Turrionis, the gate of the Cavalry "for the public benefit and use of the body of cavalry"
It was restored 1713 by Clement XI Albani (1700/21)
It was moved to the current position in 1942 for the construction of the tunnel and on that occasion the tank was replaced by an "Ancient sarcophagus"

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