TREVI FOUNTAIN ROME AT NIGHT (FONTANA DI TREVI DI NOTTE) ROME ITALY

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We will visit the most famous fountain of them all, the largest in the Eternal City and, one of the most beautiful examples of Baroque architecture in the world. No trip to Rome is complete without a visit to the Trevi Fountain. As we walked through the narrow street of Via Lavoratori the street suddenly ends into Piazza Trevi and as we turned toward the fountain I immediately did not regret coming at night. No pictures or video can do justice to this magnificent scenery.
When talking about the Trevi Fountain, it is almost instantaneous to think of the coin to be thrown into the water while expressing a wish all in the name of eternal love. But this monument is much more. This structure stands a massive 85 feet tall and 165 feet wide.
It spills (2,824,800 cubic feet) per day. Built close to one side of Palazzo Poli.
The dominant theme of the entire sculpture of the fountain,
is the marine world of course. The 16.4 ft high great statue is Oceanus, not Neptune,
Elegant is the shell-shaped carriage, driven by seahorses, which are in turn preceded by tritons. But the eye is also captured by the niches on the sides of this monument, the two statues, that of Salubrity and Abundance, exactly to the right and left of Oceanus. The beginning of the construction took place in 19 BC, when the Roman Empire was erected by the Emperor Augustus: and precisely at that time that the generous Agrippa (BROTHER-LAW OF AUGUSTUS) brought water to the public baths he built in the Campus Martius, near the Pantheon.
The moment the order was given to build the now famous Aqua Virgo Aqueduct (Virgin Aqueduct) a legends starts on How it was named in honor of a young Roman girl who led thirsty soldiers to the source of the spring to drink.
This explains the bas-reliefs that are carved on the second level of the fountain, along with the depiction of Agrippa, approving the aqueduct project, on the opposite side is the Virgin young lady indicating to soldiers the source of water.
The fountain was built at the end point of the aqueduct, at the junction of three roads. These three streets (tre vie) give the Trevi Fountain its name, the Three Street Fountain. derives for the Latin word Trivium an intersection of 3 streets.
But back then, it was not decorated like it is today.
It almost fell in complete disuse after the the aqueduct was damaged by the invasion of the Ostrogoths in 537 AD. After all the barbaric invasions the last portion of the aqueduct was abandoned and all the medieval restorations went no further than here.
The beginning of the renaissance the popes start to restore and richly decorate the end of the aqueducts with large fountains, In 1453 Pope Nicholas 5TH (V) ordered the reconstruction of this fountain, and it was funded thanks mainly to a wine tax.
What we see today is nothing more than the later work commissioned by Pope Clement XII to Nicola Salvi in ​​1732: and completed in 1762 by Giuseppe Pannini, and since then, it made the walks in the center of Rome even more romantic.
Where did the money come from to build what we see today?
The Pope used the third extraction of the lotto game of May 1732 to pay for it. That’s right, the money earned from the reintroduction of the lotto in Rome financed the Trevi Fountain! The numbers of the first extraction were 56, 11, 54, 18 and 6, in case you were interested.
This scenery has inspired many films,
the film that started the tradition of throwing coins over your shoulders in 1954, Three Coins in the Fountain, an American romantic comedy film starring Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Rossano Brazzi, and Maggie McNamara. it's about three American women dream of finding romance in the Eternal City.
Another film that made it even more popular was the 1960, La Dolce Vita "the sweet life" or "the good life" an Italian film directed by Federico Fellini. It follows a journalist (Marcello Mastroianni) writing for gossip magazines, over seven days and nights on his journey through Rome in a fruitless search. The Film won the Palme d'Or.
Today, The coins that tourists throw into the water Roughly €3,000 every day are retrieved daily to be donated to Caritas, an organization that promotes charity.

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We will visit the most famous fountain of them all. It’s the largest in the Eternal City and, one of the most beautiful examples of Baroque architecture in the world. No trip to Rome is complete without a visit to the Trevi Fountain,

JohnCRV
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Добрый вечер! Отличное видео! Супер!!! Спасибо большое!
Удачной новой недели!

ТатьянаКукушкина-тй
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I love the Old Buildings and the History

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An excellent tour and interesting information about this beautiful fountain. I enjoyed to the end. Thank you for sharing my friend.

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oh wow the Trevi fountain is amazing the sculptures statues all just awesome to see
*full viewed👍Au👍and its thumbs up like*

billyb
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Thanks John excelling narrations and fun to listen too. LIke 30 Gary

HealthyVeganLiving
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Finally a place that I have been!! Rome is a very cool place to visit, Trevi fountain was nice, only saw it in daylight. Thanks John LIKE 22

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This is beautiful and you are so lucky to be to see this. Thanks for sharing.

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I wish I will visit this great place one day!

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Terrific video & channel!! Keep the videos coming! THUMBS UP 👍👍😉 Spectacular tourist attraction!! Well shown John!!

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Another fantastic video. Looks like an awesome trip.👍 👍 👍

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Amazing video!, theTrevi fountain is really beautiful and you show it in a very nice way. Congratulations for your good job. I have subscribed, greetings,keep in touch!

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This place is simply amazing. I went here a couple of time when I was in Rome. I didn't have an understanding of the history, so I really found that interesting! Thanks for sharing!

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I really love those video u have...
With ur amazing commentary...Feel like something on Travel Channel
Bravo

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You are making me want to go! It’s absolutely beautiful

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John! Your information and production is better than anything I have seen on legacy cable networks!! Great job, subbing for sure!!

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Very informative. I am planning on meeting my son there in February. I am on a budget so learning now so I don't have to buy tours. I wish you did more international travel.

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In Re: Trevi Fountain... Interpol called me up and asked me what I knew about John C RV dancing around in the waters of the fountain... I passed the blame to Hollywood!

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