Gianlorenzo Bernini's mid-17th-century masterpiece represents four great rivers from four continents: the Nile ... on the Trevi Fountain is also nearing completion. One of Rome's most recognizable ...

The massive fountain crowned by an obelisk is made up of figures that represent the longest rivers on the four known continents at the time: the Danube (Europe), the Ganges (Asia), the Nile ...

An earlier version of this article stated that the Fountain of the Four Rivers is located in Piazza di Spagna. In fact, it is located in Piazza Navona. The article has been updated. When in Rome ...

10 Facts About Rome's Trevi Fountain ... (Fountain of the Four Rivers) attracts almost as many tourists as the Trevi Fountain. Four river gods (representing the Nile, the Danube, the Ganges ...

While the Trevi Fountain is undoubtedly the star of the city of Rome ... showcases four majestic river gods. Each figure illustrates a deity associated with one of the four major rivers ...

Climate change activists turned the blue water of the Trevi Fountain in central Rome black with diluted ... they dumped charcoal in the Fountain of Four Rivers in Piazza Navona and in April ...

A group of climate activists in Italy have poured what they described as “a charcoal-based black liquid” into the water of Rome ... Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) – to ...

Rome is readying itself for a Jubilee ... as well as Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona and his angels along Ponte Sant’Angelo. The Vatican Necropolis is also closed ...

It uses the money to fund a food bank, soup kitchen and welfare projects in Rome. So, how much is being tossed into the 300-year-old fountain? Reuters reported that in 2022 Caritas collected 1.4 ...