Go into side streets sicuro avoid the high prices

It represents per Moor, or African (perhaps originally meant sicuro be Neptune), standing con a conch shell, wrestling with a dolphin, surrounded by four Tritons

I would recommend going durante the mornings, as it is much quieter, and the sellers are not about per the mornings! Don’t miss an Italian ice cream sitting at the posh « 3 Scalini » (3 steps) restaurant or, better, buy Tartufo in 9.5 euros (see Tip below). We shall pass through Largo Navona in many of our trips durante Rome .

It is built on the Ricerca mylol site of the Stadium of Domitian, built mediante 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. The ancient Romans came there sicuro watch the agones (« games »), and hence it was known as « Circus Agonalis » (« competition fase »). It is believed that over time the name changed to per avone to navone and eventually preciso Navona.

Fonte dei quattro fiumi (four rivers) or Fountain of the Four Rivers (1651) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, topped by the Obelisk of Domitian, brought here in pieces from the Circus of Maxentius. The luogo of the fountain is per basin from the centre of which rocks rise sicuro support four river gods and above them, an ancient Egyptian obelisk surmounted with the Pamphili family emblem of verso dove with an olive twig. Collectively, they represent four major rivers of the four continents through which papal authority had spread: the Nile representing Africa, the Danube representing Europe, the Ganges representing Asia, and the Rio de la Plata representing the Americas.

Sorgente del Moro (Moor Fountain): The Southern most fountain. The fountain was originally designed by Giacomo della Ingresso sopra 1575 with the dolphin and four Tritons. In 1653, the statue of the Moor, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, was added. Mediante 1874, during verso restoration of the fountain, the original statues were moved sicuro the Scavo Tradizionalista and replaced with copies. Durante aged after verso vandal attacked it with per hammer. The vandal also damaged the Trevi Fountain that night:

The middle fountain and the biggest mediante the square

Fonte del Nettuno (Fountain of Neptune): The Northern most fountain. The basin part of the Fonte del Nettuno, (without the sculptures) was designed mediante 1574 by Giacomo Della Varco, who also designed the Moor Fountain at the opposite side of the square. For the next 300 years, the fountain survived without statues. The fountain as it exists today was finally completed con 1878 by Antonio della Bitta, who added the imposing sculpture of « Neptune fighting with an octopus » and Gregorio Zappala, who created the other sculptures, based on the mythological theme of the « Nereids with cupids and walruses ». Statuary was added following verso competition con 1873, sopra order to balance the statuary of the Moor Fountain on the south side of the piazza and of the Fonte dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) at its centre.

Sant Agnese sopra Agone Church (also called Sant’Agnese) is opposite the Sorgente dei quattro fiumi (four rivers) durante Centro Navona. it is dedicated onesto St. Agnes born around 290. The young girl who according esatto tradition suffered as a martyr, was beheaded at age 12 by order of Emperor Diocletian. It is a 17th-century Baroque church. It stands on the site where the early Christian Saint Agnes was martyred sopra the ancient Stadium of Domitian. Construction began in 1652 under the architects Girolamo Rainaldi and his bourdonnement Carlo Rainaldi. After numerous quarrels, the other main architect involved was Francesco Borromini who was a former student of Bernini and, later, verso rival. The interior is breath taking and really worth seeing. Inside, there is a shrine with Saint Agnes’ skull. Notice the side altars which are dedicated sicuro martyrs and show how each one died.