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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
Type: fontane
Date: 1648 / 1651
Period: Seicento (Caratterizzato dall’arte barocca dell'attività del Bernini e Borromini)

Address: Piazza Navona
(Centro Storico)
Zone: Rione VI Parione

Location and History

Description

Realization by

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
(Architetto)
progettò la fontana nel 1648 su incarico di Papa Innocenzo X. L'esecuzione fu portata a termine nel 1651.

Commissioned by

Giovanni Battista Pamphilj said Pope Innocenzo X
(Pontefice)
nel 1648 commissionò al Bernini il progetto della fontana

Artists and works

Francesco Baratta
(Architetto)
con la statua del Rio della Plata realizzata nel 1651
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Claude Poussin
(Scultore)
con la statua del Gange realizzata nel 1651
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Jacopo Antonio Fancelli
(Scultore)
con la statua del Nilo realizzata nel 1650
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Ercole Antonio Raggi
(Pittore)
con la statua del Danubio realizzata nel 1650
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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

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