The Fountain of the Frogs (Fontana delle Rane) is an over-the-top baroque bowl fountain erected in 1924 when the Coppede neighborhood was built. Eight frogs line the top of the bowl, facing inward. Water enters the fountain from the frogs' mouths, and from a central spray, and the overflow from the bowl splashes down over the wealth of detail below and into a round draining pool at ground level. The bowl is supported by a pedestal with four human masks at the top, just under the bowl. The details below the bowl consist of four medium-sized shell-shaped basins, each supported by two human figures that carry the basin on their backs. A frog on top of easch basin spews water into the basin from his mouth, and the water drains from the basin through the mouths of the humans that support it. The theme of small animals along the rim of the large upper bowl, and support by humans might just be an homage to the Turtle Fountain by Bernini.

    

The Fountain of the Frogs, in the center of Piazza Mincio, in the Coppede neighborhood of Rome
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The Fountain of the Frogs, in the center of Piazza Mincio, in the Coppede neighborhood of Rome. Palazzo del Ragno (the Spider Palace), at No. 4, Piazza Mincio, is in the background.
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The Fountain of the Frogs, in the center of Piazza Mincio, in the Coppede neighborhood of Rome. Palazzo del Ragno (the Spider Palace), at No. 4, Piazza Mincio, is in the background.
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The Fountain of the Frogs, in the center of Piazza Mincio, in the Coppede neighborhood of Rome. Palazzo del Ragno (the Spider Palace), at No. 4, Piazza Mincio, is in the background.
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The Fountain of the Frogs, in the center of Piazza Mincio, in the Coppede neighborhood of Rome. Palazzo del Ragno (the Spider Palace), at No. 4, Piazza Mincio, is in the background.
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The Fountain of the Frogs, in the center of Piazza Mincio, in the Coppede neighborhood of Rome
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The Fountain of the Frogs, in the center of Piazza Mincio, in the Coppede neighborhood of Rome
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The Fountain of the Frogs, in the center of Piazza Mincio, in the Coppede neighborhood of Rome
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The Fountain of the Frogs, in the center of Piazza Mincio, in the Coppede neighborhood of Rome
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The Fountain of the Frogs, in the center of Piazza Mincio, in the Coppede neighborhood of Rome
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The Fountain of the Frogs, in the center of Piazza Mincio, in the Coppede neighborhood of Rome
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No. 1, Piazza Mincio, behind the Fountain of the Frogs, in the Coppede neighborhood of Rome
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No. 1, Piazza Mincio, behind the Fountain of the Frogs, in the Coppede neighborhood of Rome
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