Fountain of the Four Rivers

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Baroque monument fountain public artwork

The Fountain of the Four Rivers is a monumental 17th-century Baroque fountain in Rome’s Piazza Navona, featuring personifications of major world rivers surrounding an ancient Egyptian obelisk.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi 1
Obelisk of Domitian (on Fountain of the Four Rivers) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque monument ⓘ
fountain ⓘ
public artwork ⓘ
architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
commissionedBy Pope Innocent X NERFINISHED ⓘ
completionDate 1651 ⓘ
coordinates 41.8992° N, 12.4731° E ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
dedicatedTo four major rivers of the known continents ⓘ
depicts Danube ⓘ
surface form: Danube River

Ganges ⓘ
surface form: Ganges River

Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River

Río de la Plata ⓘ
designer Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 20 m ⓘ
genre allegorical sculpture ⓘ
hasPart Obelisk of Domitian ⓘ
central hollow rock formation ⓘ
dolphins ⓘ
dove with olive branch (Pamphilj emblem) ⓘ
dragon ⓘ
lion ⓘ
olive tree sculpture ⓘ
palm tree sculpture ⓘ
papal coat of arms of the Pamphilj family ⓘ
personification of the Danube River ⓘ
personification of the Ganges River ⓘ
personification of the Nile River ⓘ
personification of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
rocky travertine base ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component

part of the historic center of Rome ⓘ
inception 1648 ⓘ
languageOfName Italian ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Lazio ⓘ
Piazza Navona ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time ⓘ
locatedOnStreet Piazza Navona ⓘ
materialUsed marble ⓘ
travertine ⓘ
nativeLabel Fountain of the Four Rivers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
owner Rome ⓘ
surface form: City of Rome
significantEvent urban redevelopment of Piazza Navona under Pope Innocent X ⓘ
significantPeriod 17th century ⓘ
style Baroque ⓘ
touristAttraction Rome ⓘ
waterSource Aqua Virgo aqueduct ⓘ
surface form: Acqua Vergine aqueduct

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini → designed → Fountain of the Four Rivers ⓘ
Piazza Navona → hasFountain → Fountain of the Four Rivers ⓘ
Piazza Navona → hasObelisk → Fountain of the Four Rivers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Obelisk of Domitian (on Fountain of the Four Rivers)
Piazza Navona → knownFor → Fountain of the Four Rivers ⓘ
Piazza Navona → mainFountain → Fountain of the Four Rivers ⓘ
Fountain of the Four Rivers → nativeLabel → Fountain of the Four Rivers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi