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Trevi is the 2nd rione of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. II, located in Municipio I.The origin of its name is not clear, but the most accepted theory is that it comes from the Latin trivium (meaning 'three streets'), because there were three streets all leading to the current Piazza dei Crociferi, a square next to the modern Trevi square.
The majority of the piece is made from Travertine stone, quarried near Tivoli, about 35 kilometres (22 miles) east of Rome. [17] The name of the fountain derives from the Latin word trivium, meaning "intersection of three streets". The statue is located right in the center of Via De' Crocicchi, Via Poli and Via Delle Muratte. [18]
Palazzo Barberini ai Giubbonari, also called Casa Grande Barberini, [1] [2] to distinguish it from the more famous palace in the Trevi district, is a historic palace in Rome. It was the family 's first residence in the papal capital and, even after the construction of the palace at the Quattro Fontane , it remained the home of Taddeo , prince ...
Oceanus (or Neptune) of the Trevi Fountain. Pietro Bracci (June 16, 1700 [1] –1773) was an Italian sculptor working in the Late Baroque manner. He is best known for carving the marble sculpture of Oceanus at the center of Rome's Trevi Fountain, based on a plaster modello by Giovanni Battista Maini. [1]
The sculptural portrayal of a laywoman and the support of the cardinal's ecclesiastical coat of arms by the sculptures of two barechested women make the church unique among churches in Rome. Until the 1820s, Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi was known as the "Pontifical Parish" ( Parrocchia Pontificia ). [ 9 ]
Centro Storico is the first urban zone of Rome, ... includes the main part of the city center ... degrees, over the rioni of R. II Trevi, R. III Colonna ...
The murale of Skanderbeg in Piazza Scanderbeg in Rome, Italy. Palazzo Scanderbeg or Palazzetto Scanderbeg [1] is a Roman palazzo, located on the Piazza Scanderbeg (Num. 117) near the Trevi Fountain. It takes its name from its fifteenth-century host, the Albanian national hero Skanderbeg.
English: Rome, Italy. The Trevi Fountain is the largest and most ambitious of the Baroque fountains of Rome. Русский: Рим, Италия. Фонтан ...