Barberini square
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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.
