This collection gathers monumental fountains and square fountains, with basins, statues, grotesque masks, and historic water systems. It suits readers who want to look at urban sculpture and understand how public water shaped the image and function of a square.

Places: Fountain (43)

• Acqua Paola FountainAcqua Paola Fountain Via Garibaldi, Rome On the slopes of the Janiculum, one of the most beautiful and evocative fountains…
• Barcaccia FountainBarcaccia Fountain - Piazza di Spagna, 00187 Rome RM
• Baroque Rome: An Itinerary Through Churches, Piazzas and FountainsRoman Baroque is not a list of monuments. It is a system. Between 1623, when Urban VIII Barberini ascends to the papal throne, and 1667, when Alexa…
• Bernini in Rome: an itinerary through his worksGian Lorenzo Bernini worked in Rome for almost 60 years, under eight popes, and the result is that today there is no honest way of crossing the cen…
• Corso Vittorio Tureen – Fontana della TerrinaCorso Vittorio Tureen - Fontana della Terrina - Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 241, 00186 Rome RM
• Filacciano (RM)Filacciano is at Via Oreste Leonardi 5, postal code 00060, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, on the tuff spur that closes the Roman Tiber Valley t…
• Flaminian ObeliskThe Flaminian Obelisk is the red granite monolith that rises in the middle of Piazza del Popolo, at the exact point where the three streets of the…
• Fontana del MascheroneThe Fontana del Mascherone is in via Giulia, at the corner with via del Mascherone, in the Regola district, a few meters from the Farnese arch and…
• Fontana delle ApiThe Fontana delle Api is at the corner of Piazza Barberini and Via Vittorio Veneto, in the Ludovisi rione, on the sidewalk at the mouth of the stre…
• Fontana delle NaiadiThe Fontana delle Naiadi is in the middle of Piazza della Repubblica, in the Castro Pretorio rione, in Rome, and you can see it at any hour without…
• Fontanella degli innamoratiCouples who drink at the Fontanella degli innamorati will stay in love and faithful forever.
• Fountain of Anna PerennaFountain of Anna Perenna - Via Guidobaldo del Monte 4B Rome
• Fountain of the Four RiversFountain of the Four Rivers - Piazza Navona Rome
• Free Rome: What to See Without Spending MoneyRome is the European city where you can see the most without paying anything, and also the city where, over the last three years, the list of what'…
• Janiculum HillThe Janiculum Hill viewpoint is one of those places that takes your breath away from the very first moment! Certainly the most evocative and romant…
• Macuteo ObeliskThe Macuteo Obelisk is the small red granite monolith set in the middle of the fountain in Piazza della Rotonda, right in front of the portico of t…
• Moro FountainThe Moro Fountain closes the south end of Piazza Navona, on the side of Via di Pasquino and of the palace that now houses the Museo di Roma at Pala…
• Moses FountainThe Moses Fountain is in Piazza di San Bernardo, in 00185 Rome, and it isn't a fountain like the others: it's the visible head of an aqueduct. It's…
• Nasoni (Rome’s Drinking Fountains)The nasoni of Rome are the public cast-iron drinking fountains scattered across the whole city, from the historic center to the outskirts: you drin…
• Neptune FountainThe Neptune Fountain closes the north side of Piazza Navona, at the opposite end from the Moor Fountain and about 30 steps from Bernini's Four Rive…
• Obelisco AgonaleThe Obelisco Agonale is the red granite monolith that rises in the middle of Piazza Navona, planted on the artificial rock of Gian Lorenzo Bernini'…
• Piazza BarberiniPiazza Barberini is in Rome, postal code 00187, at the intersection of Via del Tritone, Via Sistina, Via Veneto, Via Barberini and Via delle Quattr…
• Piazza del QuirinalePiazza del Quirinale is the most beautiful free panoramic terrace in the center of Rome, and nobody sells it to you as such because you don't pay f…
• Piazza della RepubblicaPiazza della Repubblica is the big semicircular square that opens at the crossing of Via Nazionale, Via Vittorio Emanuele Orlando and Viale Enrico…
• Piazza di Santa Maria in TrasteverePiazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere is the central square of Rione XIII, an irregular open space in front of the basilica of the same name, with an…
• Piazza di SpagnaPiazza di Spagna, with its 'barcaccia' and the Trinità dei Monti staircase, is one of the most famous in Rome. The square owes its name to Palazzo…
• Piazza Farnese and Palazzo FarnesePiazza Farnese is free to cross at any hour. The palace that gives it its name can be visited only on a guided tour booked and paid for in advance…
• Piazza MatteiPiazza Mattei is in the Sant'Angelo rione, in Rome's historic center, between Via dei Funari, Via della Reginella and Via Paganica, a few minutes'…
• Piazza San PietroPiazza San Pietro is the great colonnaded square that stands in front of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini b…
• Piazza Vittorio Emanuele IIPiazza Vittorio Emanuele II is in the Esquilino, postal code 00185, and is public land of Roma Capitale: the square and the arcades can be crossed…
• Quattro FontaneThe Quattro Fontane are four wall fountains set into the beveled corners of the intersection between Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinal…
• Quirinal ObeliskThe Quirinal Obelisk rises in the middle of the highest square in Rome, wedged between the two colossi of the Dioscuri holding back their horses an…
• Rione Sant’Angelo: What to SeeRione Sant'Angelo, Rome's Rione XI, is public, open space: the streets, the Portico d'Ottavia at Via del Portico d'Ottavia 29 and the Turtle Founta…
• Rione Trevi: What to SeeRione Trevi, rione II of Rome, can be walked freely and for free, but since February 2, 2026 non-residents pay €2 to go down into the inner perimet…
• Rome’s neighborhood fountainsRome's neighborhood fountains, the fontanelle rionali, are a series of small travertine fountains designed by the architect Pietro Lombardi and mos…
• Trevi FountainTrevi Fountain is the largest and among the most famous fountains in Rome.
• Triton FountainThe Triton Fountain, a work by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, is in Rome in Piazza Barberini.
• Turtle FountainPhoto: Rijksmuseum, CC0 license, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fontana_delle_Tartarughe,_RP-F-F80027.jpg) The Turt…
• Via dei CondottiVia dei Condotti - Via dei Condotti 00187 Rome RM
• Via del BabuinoVia del Babuino - Via del Babuino Rome
• Via GiuliaVia Giulia runs parallel to the Tiber for about a kilometer, from Piazza dell'Oro, in front of the basilica of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini…
• Villa Aldobrandini in FrascatiVilla Aldobrandini in Frascati can be visited only in the park, only on weekdays and only after asking permission from the town's tourist informati…
• Villa Torlonia in FrascatiVilla Torlonia in Frascati today is a municipal public park with free and open access, with entrances on Piazza Guglielmo Marconi and on Viale Anni…