A Tourist in Rome - Fountain of the Tritons
| Location: | 41.88853, 12.48122 Via Petroselli, in Piazza Bocca della Verita |
| Metro: | Circo Massimo and Bus #160, or see it on my To the Forum Boarium and Beyond Walking Tour instead |
| Time: | about 10 minutes |
| Cost: | Free |
| Hours: | Viewable at any time |
The Fountain of the Tritons is a fountain reminiscent of Bernini's Triton Fountain in a park-like area across the street from Santa Maria in Cosmedin. Two tritons kneeling on a large rock support a large shell with a mountain inside. Water trickles from the mountain into the shell and overflows down into a star-shaped base. The fountain is made of travertine. It was commissioned in 1717 by Pope Clement XI to be built by Carlo Bizzaccheri, and was completed in 1719.
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