Roma - Fontane

Piazza Colonna
Fontana della Piazza

Pope Gregory XIII Boncompagni (1572-1585) appointed Giacomo Della Porta to plan and carry out work on the elegant fountain with the help of the sculptor from Fiesole, Rocco De Rossi, and the sculpture was placed in its current position in 1577. During restoration in 1830 two groups of dolphins with their tails entwined were added, the work of the sculptor Alessandro Stocchi. It was substituted at this time with a smaller and more modest fountain with a central, elegant spray of water spouting from its jet.