Piazza Navona, spectacular plaza, the crowning glory of Rome's Baroque, is accessible only on foot. Its rectangular form, with rounded corners, echoes its original function; that of the "Stadio Domiziano" (Domitian's Stadium), upon which the plaza was built...
No other city in the world has so many fountains like Rome...
Three fountains dominate this amazing square...
This is the Fountain of the Four Rivers, probable, one of the most beautiful in all the planet, located in the center of Piazza Navona and built by the genial Gian Lorenzo Bernini, between 1648 and 1651
The four giant nudes that form the statue are the personification of the principal rivers of the continents known at the time: the Nile represents Africa, with its veiled head because the source of the river had yet to be discovered, the Ganges Asia, the Danube Europe and Rio de la Plata, the Americas...
Outstanding among the buildings surrounding the plaza, is the Chiesa di S. Agnese in Agone (Saint Agnes in competition church), on the western side, with its concave façade and twin bell towers by Borromini. This plaza hosted centuries of races, tournaments, and festivals; which have survived to this day in the form of the 'Festa della Befana' (the Epiphany witch), accompanied by the sound of deafening trumpets...
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