Fontana dei Dioscuri

Fontana dei Dioscuri

The Fontana dei Dioscuri is the fountain set opposite the Palazzo del Quirinale, the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic in the Piazza del Quirinale.

The original fountain, which no longer exists, commissioned by Pope Sixtus V in 1588, had the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux statues, from Constantine I of Rome's Baths, moved to the piazza, from the site, thought to have been near by, flanking it.

In the late 1780s by Antinori, was commissioned by Pope Pius VI, to make a better layout for the piazza and had the fountain and the Dioscuri moved, and included the large Obelisk which had been moved from the Campus Martius in the design.

Some time between, that original fountain was lost, and, in 1818 a new one, which can be seen today, was commissioned by Pope Pius VII and was designed by Raffaele Stern using an ancient granite Roman shell that had been found in the 1500's supported on top of a large basin. It was sited in front of the two statues with the obelisk between them.

ee also

*Fountains in Rome

References

* [http://www.thais.it/citta_italiane/roma/fontane/piazze/piazza_Quirinale/pag1.htm Thais:Roma-Fountains]
* [http://www.activitaly.it/infobase/it/show/1107 Active-Italy]
* [http://www.romasotterranea.it/ita/fontane/fontana25.php Roma Sotterranea]


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