Fountain of the Bees

Fontana delle Api is a fountain located in the in where the Via Veneto enters the piazza. It was sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and completed in April 1644.
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  • Type: Fountain
  • Description: Fountain in Rome designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini
  • Also known as: “Fontana delle Api”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include piazza Barberini and Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica.

Square
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is a large piazza in the centro storico or city center of , and situated on the . It was created in the 16th century but many of the surrounding buildings have subsequently been rebuilt.

Museum
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The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica is an art museum in , . It is the principal national collection of older paintings in Rome – mostly from before 1800; it does not hold any antiquities. is situated 140 metres southeast of Fountain of the Bees.

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Fontana del Tritone is a seventeenth-century fountain in Rome, by the Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Commissioned by his patron, Pope Urban VIII, the fountain is located in the , near the entrance to the that Bernini helped to design and construct for the Barberini, Urban's family.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains) and Modern Centre.

Locality
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The Quattro Fontane is an ensemble of four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale in .

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The of , home to the Via Veneto, Quirinale, Castro Pretorio, Repubblica, and Trevi neighbourhoods, is the city's hub of activity, especially shopping and nightlife.

Locality
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The is the smallest of the famous Seven Hills of Rome. A finger-shape cusp pointing toward central Rome between the to the northwest and the to the southeast, it is home to the and the .

Fountain of the Bees

Latitude
41.9043° or 41° 54′ 16″ north
Longitude
12.48877° or 12° 29′ 20″ east
Inception
1644
Open location code
8FHJWF3Q+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1326896537
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­fountain
Wiki­data ID
Q857540
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Fountain of the Bees” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “蜂蜜噴泉”
  • Chinese: “蜜蜂喷泉”
  • Dutch: “Fontana delle Alpi”
  • Dutch: “Fontana delle Api”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة النحل”
  • French: “fontaine des Abeilles”
  • French: “Fontaine des Abeilles”
  • Georgian: “აპის შადრევანი”
  • German: “Bienen-Brunnen”
  • German: “Bienenbrunnen”
  • German: “Fontana delle Api”
  • Greek: “Fontana delle Api”
  • Greek: “Κρήνη των Μελισσών”
  • Greek: “Φοντάνα ντέλε Άπι”
  • Hebrew: “מזרקת הדבורים”
  • Italian: “Fontana delle api”
  • Italian: “Fontana delle Api”
  • Japanese: “蜂の噴水”
  • Polish: “Fontana delle Api w Rzymie”
  • Polish: “Fontana delle Api”
  • Russian: “Фонтан Пчёл”
  • Spanish: “Fuente de las Abejas”
  • Swedish: “Bifontänen”
  • Swedish: “Fontana delle Api”
  • Turkish: “Api Çeşmesi”
  • Turkish: “Fontana delle Api”
  • Ukrainian: “Фонтан бджіл”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Barberini – Fontana di Trevi and Museum and crypt of Capuchin Monks.

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