Piazza Barberini

The Triton Fountain in Piazza Barberini square; to the left behind the fountain (confluence with Via Veneto ) the bees fountain can be seen .

Piazza Barberini is a square in the middle of the old town of Rome . It is one of the traffic hubs in the city center; There is also a stop for Line A of the Rome Metro .

The square was laid out in the 16th century. It has had its current name since 1625. It was named after the adjacent Palazzo Barberini . Until the 18th century, unknown dead were kept in the square so that they could be identified.

The Triton Fountain is on the square . Another fountain in the area is the Bees Fountain by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1644. It is located on Via Vittorio Veneto, not far from the square.

literature

• Heinz-Joachim Fischer : Rome. Two and a half millennia of history, art and culture of the Eternal City. DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-7701-5607-2 , p. 280.
• Anton Henze, Art Guide Rome , Philipp Reclam GmbH, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-15-010402-5 , p. 280

Web links

Commons : Piazza Barberini  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Roma SPQR: "Piazza Barberini" (it.)
• Piazza Barberini
• Roma Segreta: "Piazza Barberini" (it.)

Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 14 ″  N , 12 ° 29 ′ 19 ″  E