Fontana del Moro

Centro Storico


Originally designed by Giacomo della Porta in 1576, this Piazza Navona fountain was embellished over the course of three centuries. Bernini added the Moor holding a dolphin in the mid-17th century, and the surrounding Tritons are 19th-century copies.


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