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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Trevi Fountain in The Eternal City





The Fontana di Trevi;  Legend has it that throwing a coin with one's right hand over one's left shoulder ensures that the thrower will return to Rome.  Still waiting - but then again, so many other places to visit, never enough time.
Designed in 1732 by Nicola Salvi, it depicts Neptune on a giant clam shell led by Triton and sea horses.  The fountain's water comes from a 1st-century-BC underground aqueduct, and the name Trevi refers to the tre vie (three roads) that converge at the fountain.