Built in 1589 by Giacomo Della Porta, the fountain consists of a boat-shaped pond with a decorated shaft on a cube base that holds a basin. On the basin four putti sculpted by Brasca pour water from small amphorae and with their backs turned to each other hold the heraldic mountains of Sixtus the Fifth Peretti (1585-1590) under whose papacy the fountain was built. The original structure is placed at the centre of a circular pool built at the beginning of the eighteenth century and protected by small low columns connected with an iron bar.
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Location
Fontana di Piazza Aracoeli, Piazza D'Aracoeli
Piazza D'Aracoeli
41° 53' 40.02" N, 12° 28' 51.6144" E
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