on the remains of an ancient Roman circus called Circus Agonalis, stands one of the most famous Baroque squares and full of art from all over the city of Rome. By keeping track of the former circus built around the year 86 AD, the square shape is oval, just 260 meters long and 55 wide, which suggests that had a capacity of 30,000 people.
late fifteenth century the central market moved from the Capitol to the Piazza Navona, site to be occupied until the late nineteenth century, when he moved to the Piazza Campo de Fiori, where it continues to be to this day.
Today we can find several restaurants and cafes, as well as many street performers, small exhibitions ... who manage the place is always quite lively.
essential places to see in this place are:
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers):
This source of Bernini, is located in the center of the square represents the four major rivers known in the mid-seventeenth century: Rio de la Plata (America), Danube (Europe), Nile (Africa), Ganges (Asia).
The curiosity of this source is that Bernini and the manager of one of the renovations of the facade of the Church of St. Agnes, Francesco Borromini, were rivals.
This is reflected in the source in any of the statues of the rivers facing the church. One of them, appears with his hand raised protectively for fear that he would come over for improper performance of the work or not to see the front of it. Another
appears with his head covered to avoid even the vision of the nearby church.
Many of the book you also sound (and Hollywood adaptation) Angels and Demons, where it appears as one of the altars of science.
Fontana di Nettuno (Neptune Fountain):
This source is represented by one of the 12 great gods of Olympus, Neptune with his trident fighting various marine animals horses while trying to flee.
work of Giacomo della Porta, is located at one end of the square, opposite another source by the same author called Fontana del Moro.
Chiesa di Sant'Agnese in Agone (Iglesia de Santa Inés):
According to tradition, this church is built on the spot where he died martyred at age 13 in the year Santa Inés dc 304
In one of the chapels can see part of his body, particularly the skull.
also highlight the frescoes of the dome representing the martyrdom of St. Agnes.
The story of my visit to the Piazza Navona is that coincided with my stay in Rome, he was celebrating the G8 summit in the town of L'Aquila, so some of their participants approached the city of Rome, and one afternoon I was walking around the square, was a procession of more than 20 official cars, police, helicopters and other means of safety, mount quite a stir in the restaurants square and between citizens and tourists thronged the area.
the end we did not know very well who was our "guest", but what you heard (or half understood) was that Gadaffi had gone to dinner at a restaurant or that Michelle Obama was buying an ice cream and visiting the nearby Senate building.
This may not suffer the consequences of the visit of these agents, but later I will tell you "thank you" to them, I had to change my plans to visit and give some of them mandatory.
By the way, I blurred the official license plates to see if they're going to censor the article by telling this story and show a photo of hype and official cars ...
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