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.

    

IMG_7538-20130924: Fountain of the Tritons, in front of Temple of Hercules Victor
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IMG_7539-20130924: Fountain of the Tritons, in front of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, with its landmark campanile
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IMG_7546-20130924: Fountain of the Tritons, in front of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
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IMG_5732-20141003: A triton on the Fountain of the Tritons, in Piazza della Bocca della Verita
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IMG_5733-20141003: A triton on the Fountain of the Tritons, in Piazza della Bocca della Verita
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IMG_5734-20141003: Fountain of the Tritons, in Piazza della Bocca della Verita
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IMG_5735-20141003: Fountain of the Tritons, in Piazza della Bocca della Verita
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IMG_5736-20141003: Fountain of the Tritons, and the Campanile of Santa Maria in Cosmedin from Piazza della Bocca della Verita
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