Trevi Fountain

2020-11-27

The fountain's design, crafted by Nicola Salvi in 1732, depicts sea-god Oceanus in a shape of shell chariot being driven by Tritons with seahorses – one docile, one wild – representing the moods of the ocean. In the specialty to the right is Salubrity, left side of Neptune a statue represents Abundance. The water comes from the Aqua Virgo, and the name Trevi implies the tre vie that converge at the fountain. The Fontana di Trevi, scene of movie star Anita Ekberg's late-night dip in La Dolce Vita, is a ostentatious baroque ensemble of legendary figures and wild horses taking up the whole side of the 17th-century Palazzo Poli.