Highlights of Italy and Sicily
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040529--1319-p5292469.jpg 5/29/2004 1:19:38 PM Trevi Fountain
The fountain is highly symbolic with intellectual connotations. A tall and sober Arch of Triumph (the palace of Neptune) dominates the scene from on high. It is comprised of an order of four Corinthian columns and is surmounted by an attic with statues and a balustrade. A large niche at the centre of the arch lends balance and symmetry to the whole ensemble. A smaller-niche to the left contains the statue of Abundance by F. Valle, and above this is a fine relief depicting Agrippa approving the plans for the Aqueduct by Andrea Bergondi. The niche on the right contains the figure of Salubrity, also by F. Valle, with a relief above of the Virgin showing soldiers the Way, by G. B. Grossi.
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040529--1409-p5292479.jpg 5/29/2004 2:09:52 PM Castel Sant’Angelo, built as a mausoleum for the Roman emperor Hadrian (AD 135-139)
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