Fontana del Moro

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A very beautiful fountain from the 16th century, a sculpture of a moor by Bernini from the middle of the 17th century, the rest of the figures from the 19th century.

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Наталья Лихачева

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The Fountain of Neptune (Fountain of Neptune-Triton) is a fountain located in the southern part of Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy. It depicts a marine scene with newts, dolphins and a shell.It was originally designed by Giacomo della Porta in the 1570s, and in the 1650s, Gian Lorenzo Bernini had a hand in working on it. [1] Bernini created a large terracotta model of the central figure, which Giovanni Antonio Mari used as a model when creating the final version.

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Fontana del Moro

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