Historic Fountain

FONTANA DEL TRITONE

The Triton Fountain is a seventeenth century fountain in Rome, by the well-known Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The fountain was executed in travertine in 1642-43. At its centre rises an larger than lifesize muscular Triton, a minor sea god of ancient Greco-Roman legend, depicted as a merman kneeling on the sum of four dolphin tailfins. His head is thrown back and his arms raise a conch to his lips.

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Opening hours & location

Architecture sight in Roma - Via Veneto, Italy

Piazza Barberini
00187 Roma - Via Veneto · Ludovisi
District: Centro storico , Italy Route to FONTANA DEL TRITONE