Sign for Piazza Navona, Rome |
Piazza Navona - Fountain of the Four Rivers |
The Obelisk of Domitian is the centerpiece of the Fountain of the Four Rivers |
The Fountain of the Four Rivers by Bernini, 1651 |
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi - River Ganges |
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi - River Nile, with its hidden source |
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi - River Ganges |
The Fountain of the Four Rivers, Piazza Navona |
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi - River Danube |
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi - River Plate (Rio de la Plata) |
Horse - Fountain of the Four Rivers |
Lion - Fountain of the Four Rivers |
Piazza Navona was the site of Domitian's Stadium in the 1st C. AD |
The Moor Fountain and Sant'Agnese in Agone |
Fontana del Moro (Moor Fountain), south end of Piazza Navona |
The Moor by Bernini, 1653 |
Tritons by Giacomo della Porta, 1575 |
Fontana del Moro - Piazza Navona |
Fontana del Moro - Piazza Navona |
Fontana del Moro - Piazza Navona |
Painting of Piazza Navona and the Moor Fountain |
Embassy of Brazil, Piazza Navona |
Aquila - the Eagle of Rome |
Piazza Navona |
North end of Piazza Navona |
Neptune Fountain - North end of Piazza Navona |
Fontana del Nettuno (Fountain of Neptune) |
Neptune Fighting the Octopus by Antonio della Pitta, 1878 |
Neptune Fighting the Octopus by Antonio della Pitta, 1878 |
The basin of the Neptune Fountain is contemporaneous with the Moor Fountain and is also by Giacomo Della Porta |
The other statues are late 19th C. by Gregorio Zappalà |
Fontana del Nettuno - Piazza Navona |
Fontana del Nettuno - Piazza Navona |
Pinocchio - Piazza Navona |
The first shrine to St Agnes was built here in the 8th C.on the site of her martyrdom |
Obelisk of Domitian and Sant'Agnese in Agone |
The 11th C. Church of St. Agnes was rebuilt in the 17th C. |
Girolamo and Carlo Rainaldi started the project and Francesco Borromini contented it |
The dome of Sant'Agnes in Agone |
Frescos of the Assumption on the dome were painted by Ciro Ferri (†1689) |
The four pendentives show the Cardinal Virtues painted by Giovanni Battista Gauli - 1662-1672 |
Four Cardinal Virtues - Justice |
Four Cardinal Virtues - |
Four Cardinal Virtues - |
The Main Altar of Sant'Agnes in Agone |
Miracle of Saint Agnes by Ercole Ferrata and Dominico Guidi, 1688 |
Reliquary containing the skull of St. Agnes |
St. Agnes amid the fires of temptation by Ercole Ferrata (†1686) |
St Eustace and the Lions |
San Sebastiano by Paolo Campi, 18th C. |
St. Sebastian - Church of Sant'Agnes in Agone |
Funerary Monument of Pope Innocent X (†1655), Sant'Angnes in Agone |
Detail of the statue of Pope Innocent X by late Baroque sculptor Giovanni Battista Maini in 1730 |
The Death of St. Cecilia by Antonio Raggi, 1660-1667 |
The Death of St. Alexius of Rome by Giovanni Francesco Rossi, 17th C. |
Il transito di S. Alessio |
Stained glass window at Sant'Agnes in Agone |
The dome of the Church of Sant'Andrea della Valle from Piazza Navona |
Church of Sant'Andrea della Valle seen down Corso del Rinascimento |