TOURING IN ROME TREVI FOUNTAIN WITH PRIVATE GUIDE
It was Marco Vipsanius Agrippa to bring the water (aqua virgo) to Rome in the I° century before Christ through an aqueduct from the source of Salone, 19 Kms out Rome among the street Casilina and the street Collatina, from teh East of Rome.
Going to visit Trevi Fountain is a very important moment of your trip to Rome because this masterpiece is photographed by millions of visitors every year and you do not have to miss the chance to throw the famous coin which will guarantee the return for you and your family back to Rome again.
Despite any kind of tale and tradition we, as guides of Rome , always think you can come more often to explore the treasures of Rome because its monuments need more attention and more time at disposal.
In fact the best deal when coming to Rome is to do half day tours in the morning or in the afternoon and to have the second part of the day at leisure.
The legend says that in that countryside the soldiers of August, thirsty, were looking for water and meeting a Virgin lady, they would have let her maintain the virginity if she had shown them the exact place of the source.
The fountain was built by Nicolò Salvi in 1735 under pope Clemente XII°, and decorated by various assistants of the Bernini. The left bas-relief shows Agrippa submitting the project of the aqueduct to August, while the right bas-relief shows the August soldiers' meeting with the virgin that shows them the source.
All the morning tours of Rome stop to Trevi fountain because they are directed to the Pantheon. In fact you can easily walk during your tour to see a famous trinity: Spanish steps, Trevi Fountain and the roman Pantheon.
To the center, under the vault of the palace of the Oceans, the god Neptune is represented on a chariot with a form of an oyster, pulled by winged horses, one calm, the other shaken, and they are to mean the two states of the natural events. The horses are them too hauled by newts. The fountain is set to palazzo Poli, belonging to dukes Poli's family, and it's today the center of the institute of the Italian Graphics.
The legend says that a foreigner that launches a coin in the fountain behind his shoulders assures his return to Rome.
The works of restauration, in 1991, have done in way to give back to the fountain of Trevi its ancient shine and its elegance, doing unquestionably one of the places most visited by the people of the whole world. The plaza is not never empty even during the night.
The sweet and fresh noise of the sparkling water coming from the most famous and biggest fountain in Rome is so appreciated especially during the summer when a lot of people go around Rome to see the other baroque monuments and it seems like this travertine giant work invites you and tease you to stp for more time.
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