Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains)

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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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: baroque fountain complex consisting of four fountains in Rome, Italy
  • Also known as: “Quattro Fontane”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica.

Church
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The church of , also called San Carlino, is a Roman Catholic church in , . The church was designed by the architect Francesco Borromini and it was his first independent commission.

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.

Church
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The Church of Saint Andrew on the Quirinal is a Roman Catholic titular church in , Italy, built for the Jesuit seminary on the . The church of Sant'Andrea, an important example of Roman Baroque architecture, was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini with Giovanni de'Rossi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Modern Centre and Viminal Hill.

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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.

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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 .

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Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in . Esquilino is named for the Esquiline hill on which it stands. It lies south of the Termini station and is centred more or less on the Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele II.

Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains)

Latitude
41.90197° or 41° 54′ 7″ north
Longitude
12.49074° or 12° 29′ 27″ east
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains)” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Չորս շատրվան”
  • Basque: “Quattro Fontane”
  • Belarusian: “Чатыры фантана”
  • Belarusian: “Чатыры фантаны”
  • Chinese: “四喷泉”
  • Chinese: “四眼泉”
  • Dutch: “Quattro Fontane”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة كواترو”
  • French: “Quattro Fontane”
  • Georgian: “კვატროს შადრევანი”
  • German: “Die Vier Brunnen”
  • German: “Le Quattro Fontane”
  • German: “Quattro Fontane (Die Vier Brunnen)”
  • German: “Quattro Fontane”
  • German: “Vier Brunnen”
  • Greek: “Le Quattro Fontane”
  • Greek: “Κουάτρο Φοντάνε”
  • Greek: “Τέσσερεις Κρήνες”
  • Greek: “Τέσσερις Κρήνες”
  • Italian: “Quattro fontane”
  • Italian: “Quattro Fontane”
  • Italian: “Via Quattro Fontane”
  • Japanese: “クアットロ・フォンターネ”
  • Japanese: “クワトロ・フォンターネ”
  • Korean: “콰트로 폰타네 분수”
  • Portuguese: “Quatro Fontes”
  • Portuguese: “Quattro Fontane”
  • Russian: “Quattro Fontane”
  • Russian: “Перекрёсток Четырёх фонтанов”
  • Russian: “Четыре фонтана”
  • Spanish: “Quattro Fontane (Las cuatro fuentes)”
  • Spanish: “Quattro Fontane”
  • Turkish: “Quattro Fontane Çeşmesi”
  • Turkish: “Quattro Fontane”
  • Ukrainian: “Чотири фонтани (Рим)”
  • Ukrainian: “Чотири фонтани”

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