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The most famous
fountain in the world, built by the architect Salvi
in 1735 under Clemente XII's pontificate. The sculptures
that compose it, tell about various events linked to
the discovery of the spring itself. In the middle of
the monumental set, that takes place on the façade of
a palace, there is the statue of Ocean, represented
on a chariot shell shaped, carried by winged horses.
You can see then among the other sculptures, the figures
of tritons and sea-animals, mythological or real. The
little square is probably the place most crowded of
visitors you can see in Rome, tens of thousands of visitors
that every day visit the work to throw into the basin
a coin, that, as the legend tells, guarantees the tourist
to come back to Rome in his lifetime. The world-wide
fame of this fountain was given also by the scenes of
the famous movie "La Dolce Vita" by Fellini.
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