Piazza Navona

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Piazza Navona is a famous Baroque square in Rome renowned for its elegant fountains, including Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers, and its lively cafés and street life.

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Surface form Occurrences
Fountain of the Four Rivers 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public square
tourist attraction
urban square
adjacentBuilding Palazzo Pamphilj
architecturalStyle Baroque
associatedFamily Pamphilj family
builtOn site of Stadium of Domitian
city Rome
country Italy
designerOfMainFountain Gian Lorenzo Bernini
etymology derived from Latin word "agonis" (games)
facesBuilding Sant'Agnese in Agone
featuresRiverPersonifications Danube
Ganges
Nile
Río de la Plata
surface form: Rio de la Plata
formerUse Roman athletic stadium
hasChurch Sant'Agnese in Agone
hasFountain Fontana del Moro
Fontana del Nettuno
Fountain of the Four Rivers
hasObelisk Fountain of the Four Rivers
surface form: Obelisk of Domitian (on Fountain of the Four Rivers)
hasOutdoorSeating cafés
restaurants
hasSeasonalEvent Christmas market
Epiphany
surface form: Epiphany fair
heritage Baroque architecture
knownFor Baroque fountains
Fountain of the Four Rivers
cafés and restaurants
outdoor artists and performers
street life
languageOfToponym Italian
locatedIn Italy
Lazio
Rome
mainFountain Fountain of the Four Rivers
nearbyAttraction Campo de' Fiori
Pantheon
originPeriod Roman Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Rome
patronOfMajorWorks Pope Innocent X
pavingMaterial cobblestone
sculptorOfFountainOfTheFourRivers Gian Lorenzo Bernini
shape elongated oval
squareLayoutCompletedInCentury 17th century
touristRegion historic center of Rome
typicalActivities al fresco dining
portrait painting
street performances

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Rome contains Piazza Navona
Fountain of the Four Rivers locatedIn Piazza Navona
subject surface form: Palazzo Caprini
Palazzo Madama locatedNear Piazza Navona
Gian Lorenzo Bernini notableWork Piazza Navona
this entity surface form: Fountain of the Four Rivers