Fontana delle Naiadi and the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri on Piazza della Repubblica, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
This image shows Fontana delle Naiadi (Fountain of the Naiads) and the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri on Piazza della Repubblica, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Piazza della Repubblica is a semi-circular piazza, at the summit of the Viminal Hill, next to Termini train station. On it is to be found Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri. It is served by the Repubblica - Teatro dell'Opera Metro station. The former name of the piazza, Piazza dell'Esedra, still very common today, originates in the large exedra of the baths of Diocletian, which gives the piazza its shape. The porticos around the piazza, built in 1887–98 by Gaetano Koch, were in memory of the ancient buildings on the same sites, while the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri on the piazza is based on a wing of the baths (with its architect Michelangelo, using the tepidarium as one of the wings of its spacious Greek cross plan). In the centre of the piazza is fontana delle naiadi (Fountain of the Naiads). Commissioned by Pope Pius IX, in 1870, and completed in 1888, the Fontana delle Naiadi is considered the most beautiful of all modern fountains in Rome. The original fountain featured four chalk lions that were later replaced with bronze statues of the naiads. The four naiads, located around the large circular basin are the Nymph of the Lakes (holding a swan), the Nymph of the Rivers (riding a river monster), the Nymph of the Oceans (riding a horse) and the Nymph of the Underground Waters (lying on the back of a dragon). The Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs (Latin: Beatissimae Virgini et omnium Angelorum et Martyrum, Italian: Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri) is a titular basilica church in Rome, built inside the frigidarium of the Baths of Diocletian in the Piazza della Repubblica.
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Location: Piazza della Repubblica, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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