Piazza_Navona Piazza_Navona

Piazza Navona - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Campo, Forum, Gallery, Lanai, Market, Marketplace, Mart, Place, Plaza, Porch, Rialto, Solarium, Square, Stoop, Veranda
The Fountain of the Four Rivers with an Egyptian obelisk on top in Piazza Navona, (c)Don Edgar, 2003
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The Fountain of the Four Rivers with an Egyptian obelisk on top in Piazza Navona, (c)Don Edgar, 2003

Built over the ruins of the 1st century AD Stadium of Domitian, Piazza Navona is the pride of Baroque Rome, with sculptural and architectural gems by the masters Bernini (the Fountain of the Four Rivers in the center) and Borromini (Church of Sant'Agnese in Agone).

Piazza Navona at night


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