Trevi Fountain
You’re looking at the Fontana di Trevi, the 18th‑century Baroque fountain in Rome’s Trevi area, famous for more than just its look. Its water traces back to the revived Acqua Vergine—Aqua Virgo—an aqueduct that reaches the city after drawing on a source about 13 km from Rome and then running a longer route of roughly 22 km. The story goes all the way to 19 BC, when Roman technicians (with the help of a “virgin,” in the legend) found pure water, feeding the system for more than 400 years. Pope Urban VIII later felt an earlier, smaller fountain wasn’t dramatic enough, and the project that became today’s Trevi Fountain was carried forward by Giuseppe Pannini, with completion in 1762. The design you see rises 26.3 metres and stretches 49.15 metres across—so big it’s often called the largest Baroque fountain in Rome. …
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