The Ultimate Landmark Quiz

Trevi Fountain

 

This is the Trevi Fountain. The origin of the fountain goes back to 19 BCE, where Aqueducts brought water to the fountains of central Rome. In 1730 Pope Clemens XII conducted a competition for a new fountain design. Nicola Salvi was selected, despite supposedly losing. Work began in 1732. After Salvi passed away, architect Giuseppe Pannini took over with other workers. Restorations projects also occurred at the fountain in the 1980s and the 2010s. Trevi Fountain’s iconography is iconic, and filmmakers even featured it in some classic movies such as “Roman Holiday” and “La Dolce Vita” (1960).