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Fontana di Trevi

It is said that a virgin discovered a three-way (tre-vie) spring here, causing the Trevi fountain to be built. The baroque extravaganza was designed by Nicolò Salvi for Pope Clement XII and completed in 1762. It's pure melodrama, with statues (representing Abundance, Agrippa, Salubrity, the Virgin and Neptune) with a Renaissance palace for their backdrop and craggy rocks in the foreground. Later the extraordinary, foaming fountain achieved iconic status when Anita Ekberg frolicked here in Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1959). Try and come here early in the morning or late at night to avoid the crowds.

Address: 
Piazza di Trevi, Rome,
Italy
Opening times: 

Daily 24 hours.

Admission fees: 

No.

Disabled access: 
Yes
Unesco: 
Yes

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