- Trevi Fountain (it. Fontana di trevi) is a fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Pietro Bracci.
- Standing 26.3 metres high and 49.15 metres wide.
- It is one of the most famous Baroque fountains in the world.
- Legend holds that in 19 BC thirsty Roman soldiers were guided by a young girl to a source of pure water thirteen kilometers from the city of Rome. The discovery of the source led Augustus to commission the construction of a twenty-two kilometer aqueduct leading into the city, which was named Aqua Virgo, or Virgin Waters, in honor of the legendary young girl. The aqueduct served the hot Baths of Agrippa, and Rome, for over four hundred years.
- Coins are purportedly meant to be thrown using the right hand over the left shoulder in this fountain. An estimated 3,000 Euros are thrown into the fountain each day.
- Although near the fountain there were lots of people, but I really enjoyed being there. It is very magnificent and mesmerizing.
Ieva
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