Old Boat Fountain Rome Italy Close Up
by Joan Carroll
Title
Old Boat Fountain Rome Italy Close Up
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
At the bottom of the Spanish Steps in Rome Italy sits the Fontana della Barcaccia, translated as either Fountain of the Ugly Boat or Fountain of the Old Boat. If you come during the middle of the day during a busy part of the tourist season, you might not even see the fountain since it will be surrounded by a crowd of people taking picture. One coveted photo location is the little stone walkway in front of the boat, where people wait in an informal line to have their picture taken by a companion. If that doesn’t sound like fun, the alternative is to get up before dawn and make your way to Piazza di Spagna for a more leisurely photo session. The old/ugly boat is a Baroque-style fountain commissioned by Pope Urban VIII in 1623 as part of a Papal project to erect a fountain in every major piazza in Rome. The commission was awarded to Pietro Bernini, the father of the famed Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Bernini built this fountain to be slightly below street level due to the low water pressure from its source, the Acqua Vergine, an aqueduct dating from 19BCE. According to legends, when the Tiber River flooded in 1598, water carried a small boat into the Piazza di Spagna. When the water receded, a boat was deposited in the center of the square, and it was this event that inspired Bernini's creation.
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November 4th, 2019
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