Fontana della Barcaccia

The Fontana della Barcaccia is a Baroque-style fountain found at the foot of the in 's . Pope Urban VIII commissioned Pietro Bernini in 1623 to build the fountain as part of a prior Papal project to erect a fountain in every major piazza in Rome.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Spanish Steps and Trinità dei Monti.

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The in , , climb a steep slope between the at the base and the Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the church, at the top.

Church
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The Church of Santissima , often called simply , is a Roman Catholic late Renaissance titular church, part of a monastery complex in . is situated 130 metres northeast of Fontana della Barcaccia.

Museum
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The is a writer's house museum in , , commemorating the Romantic poets John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley. The museum houses one of the world's most extensive collections of memorabilia, letters, manuscripts, and paintings relating to Keats and Shelley, as well as Byron, Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Oscar Wilde, and others.

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 .

Fontana della Barcaccia

Latitude
41.9058° or 41° 54′ 21″ north
Longitude
12.48225° or 12° 28′ 56″ east
Open location code
8FHJWF4J+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 662008076
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­fountain
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Wiki­data ID
Q1114231
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“Fontana della Barcaccia” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Շատրվան Բարկաչչա”
  • Belarusian: “Фантан Баркача”
  • Catalan: “Fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Chinese: “破船喷泉”
  • Chinese: “破船噴泉”
  • Croatian: “Fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Czech: “Fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Dutch: “Fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة باركشيا”
  • Esperanto: “Fontano de la Barĝo”
  • French: “fontaine Barcaccia”
  • French: “Fontaine de la Barcaccia”
  • Georgian: “ბარკაჩის შადრევანი”
  • German: “Fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Greek: “Κρήνη του Σαπιοκάραβου”
  • Hebrew: “מזרקת בארקצ’ה”
  • Hebrew: “מזרקת הספינה”
  • Hungarian: “Barcaccia-kút”
  • Hungarian: “Fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Italian: “fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Italian: “Fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Japanese: “バルカッチャの噴水”
  • Japanese: “舟の噴水”
  • Korean: “바르카차 분수”
  • Neapolitan: “Funtana d‘ ’a Barcaccia”
  • Neapolitan: “Funtana d’ ’a Barcaccia”
  • Polish: “Fontana della Barcaccia w Rzymie”
  • Portuguese: “Fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Russian: “Баркачча”
  • Russian: “Фонтан Баркачча (Лодочка)”
  • Russian: “Фонтан Баркачча”
  • Slovak: “Fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Slovenian: “Fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Spanish: “Fuente de la Barcaza”
  • Swedish: “Fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Tagalog: “Fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Turkish: “Barcaccia Çeşmesi”
  • Turkish: “fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Turkish: “Fontana della Barcaccia”
  • Ukrainian: “Фонтан Баркачча”
  • Urdu: “فونتانا دیلا بارکاچا”

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