Roma - Fontane

Villa Borghese, via Goethe
Fontana delle Vittorie Alate

This was based on a Roman sarcophagus carved with garlands of fruit and masks, winged Victories and two dolphins placed at the sides of a grotesque mask which pours water into the basin below. The grotesque mask ( by Della Porta) is one of the four fountains in the Rotonda square transferred here at the end of the 19th century. The other three are probably housed in the deposits of some municipal warehouse.