Roma - Fontane

Piazza Sant'Andrea della Valle
Fontana della Piazza

The fountain with its classical motifs was built for Pope Paolo V. Borghese (1605-1621) to stand in the square in front of the church of Santa Maria in Trasportina, following the plans of the architect, Carlo Maderno. It consists of an elegant basin placed on a base that follows the same line. In the centre of the basin placed on a base decorated with dragons and eagles, the Borghese symbols, is a circular basin, built in cement today that reproduces the original marble one that was destroyed. A jet of water rises from the higher basin and falls into the lower one where there are four more jets just above the water.