Fontana del Moro
The Fontana del Moro (dt. Mohrenbrunnen ) is the southernmost of the three fountains on the Piazza Navona . It was built by Giacomo della Porta 1574–1576 and shows four tritons and other figures.
Photo by Paolo Monti , 1960
In 1654 the fountain was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini on behalf of Olimpia Maidalchini , with the addition of the central statue "il Moro", an Ethiopian fighting a dolphin. The original statues are in the Villa Borghese park in Rome.
On September 3, 2011, one of the statues was damaged by an act of vandalism, but it was repaired by December 16, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sfregio a piazza Navona. La Repubblica , September 4, 2011, accessed September 4, 2011 (Italian).
Web links
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Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 53.3 " N , 12 ° 28 ′ 23.3" E