The Quirinale hill, healthier than the Vatican, become the summer residence of the Popes along the 16century and their residence in the 17 century.
The Quirinale palace was enlarged and a splendid fountain was placed in the square facing its entrance.

To the initial granite basin taken for Caracalla’s baths, an obelisk was added and finally the splendid sculptures of Castor and Pollux. A sumptuous display of antiquities as a complement to the papal residence to remark the role of the papacy as heirs of the roman emperors.

One of my favorite in town. It is a jewel immersed in in a network of tiny alleys, in the proximity of Largo argentina and the Jewish Ghetto.
Built between 1581 and 1588 on a project by Giacomo della Porta (1533-1602) with the sculptures by Florentine Taddeo Landini. The four turtles placed on the edge of the upper basin, attributed by tradition to G.L. Bernini, constitute a beautiful completion of the work carried out during the restoration of 1658-59, under the pontificate of Alexander VII (1655-1667)

It’s the last fountain committed by a pope to show the waters of a restored aqueduct. The aqueduct  is  the Acqua Pia Antica Marcia built between 1865 and 1870 by the will of Pope Pius IX. It is therefore the last papal fountain and the first of Rome, capital of Italy. When the fountain was finished the scaffolds were kept as it seemed too sensual, with all that nymphs playing with sea animals. Yet the romans saw the fountains through the scaffolds and took those away. We still like it a lot. In front of the fountain is the splendid church of Santa Maria degli Angeli and the extraordinary museum of palazzo Massimo.

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The Barcaccia fountainis located at the bottom of Spanish steps right in the center of Piazza di Spagna. It dates to 1629 and was realized by Pietro Bernini with the aid of his son Gianlorenzo for the  Pope Urban VIII Barberini (1623-1644).
It depicts a scanty boat sank below the street level to remind the damages caused by one of the worst roman floods of 1598. The water is supplied by the ancient roman Virgin aqueduct, fating to the time of emperor Augustus.

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A pretty fountain designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini for the Pope Urban VIII. It was a  public font located along the Sistina street providing water supply for travelers. In recent times it  was moved to the bottom of Veneto street, at one of the corners of Barberini square.

​Triton fountain in Piazza Barberini is one of the masterpieces of Gian Lorenzo Bernini Started and completed between the end of 1642 and the first half of 1643, for the Pope Urban VIII. The papal family was next to it and a fountain was the proper ornament to underline the family’s importance. Bernini invented a new typology of fountains that inspired fountains all over Europe. The Art Museum housed in Barberini palace is next door, as it is Veneto street and the Cappuccini Crypt. 

It’s one of Rome fountains committed by a pope to show the waters of a restored aqueduct created to increase the water supply of the city. Similar fountains are called: ‘mostra delle acque’ -show of the waters.
Moses fountain dates back to the papacy of Sixtus the V, back in 1587. The aqueduct was a restored ancient roman one to which a new spring water was added. Its name is Felice aqueduct: Felice was the first name of pope Sixtus V. next the fountain is the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria with the splendid ecstasy of Santa Theresa by Bernini.

 
The fountain dates back to the papacy of pope Clement XI in 1717. It is near the Tiber River and its surrounded by the beautiful medieval church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin and the republican temples of Heracles and Portunus. The circus Maximus and Marcellus Theater are within walking distance too.

People square has been the main entrance to the city of Rome from the roman ages until 1870. The square has been embellished over times and the Lions fountain was added at the base of the central obelisk by Giuseppe Valadier when he redesigned the square for Napoleon in neoclassical style

A perfect example of urban ornament. The corners of the intersection between 2 major papal roads  (via Pia – now XX September- and Via Sistina) were ornate with 4 fountains depicting the 4 seasons.
The pope Sixtus V improved that area of the city with a new aqueduct and roads, including via Sistina, that starts at the top of Spanish steps and leads to the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. The same pope committed the 4 fountains in 1588.