Friday, January 3, 2014

FOUNTAIN OF PIAZZETTA DI S. SIMEONE

FONTANA DI PIAZZETTA S. SIMEONE
1589 project by Giacomo Della Porta (1533/1602) executed by Pietro Gucci for Gregory XIII Boncompagni (1572/85)
The tank with "Coats of arms of Conservators of the Capitol" dates back to 1829
It was originally located in Piazza Montanara destroyed in 1932 for the opening of the Via del Mare
It was moved to the Giardino degli Aranci (Orange Garden) on the Aventine Hill and finally placed here in 1973

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