The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" and Basilica Church of Sant'Agnese in Agone in Piazza Navona.
The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" is a fountain in Rome, Italy, located in the Piazza Navona. It is a masterpiece of Gianlorenzo Bernini's, and emblematic of the dynamic and dramatic effects sought by high Baroque artists. It was erected in 1651 in front of the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone, and yards from the Pamphilj Palace belonging to this fountain's patron, Innocent X (1644-1655). The four gods on the corners of the fountain represent the four major rivers of the world known at the time: the Nile, Danube, Ganges, and Plate. The design of each god figure has symbolic importance. Sant'Agnese in Agone is a basilica church in Rome. Construction started in 1652 under the planning of Carlo Rainaldi on the site where Saint Agnes was martyred in the Circus of Domitian, now the Piazza Navona in Rome.
Size: 3454px × 5200px
Location: Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy, Europe
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