7 May 2021

In the center of the square is Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
(Fountain of the Four Rivers)

"Depicts God and the four great rivers in the four
continents as then recognized by the Renaissance geographers: the Nile, the Ganges,
the Danube & the Rio de la Plata"

designed by Bernini
1651
for Pope Innocent X 


 

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