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postheadericon The Turtle Fountain in Rome

Turtle Fountain in Rome
If you are visiting the city of Rome, you can see at a glance that this beautiful place has many tourist attractions such as museums, churches, stadiums and sources. And precisely on this last point I want to pause to recommend an ideal place for water enthusiasts and tranquility, “The Fountain of the Turtles” or as the Italians say “Fontana delle Tartarughe.”

Located in the heart of the Plaza Mattei, built around the year 1581 under the project of Mr. Giacomo Della Porta and completed in 1588, this beautiful fountain has extremely important materials such as marble and bronze.

To describe in more detail once I tell them, or rather in the beginning, the idea was to make four to eight dolphins efebos, the downside came when we checked the water pressure would not allow the elevation had this thought and reason, had to dismiss four of the dolphins expected. Luckily, they were located in the Campo de ‘Fiori square so not wasted. Read the rest of this entry »