What is Trevi fountain?
The '''Trevi fountain''' is a [[fountain]] in [[Rome]]. It lies in the [[Trevi district]], from which it gets its name. The current fountain was built from 1732 to 1736 in [[Baroque|Baroque style]]. At about {{convert|26|m}} high and about {{convert|50|m}} wide the Trevi fountain is Rome's largest fountain. It is also one of the best-known ones. ==History== [[File:Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy 2 - May 2007.jpg|thumb|The Trevi fountain]] In the year 19 BC, [[Marcus Agrippa]] commissioned an [[aqueduct]] to provide water for the baths he had built in the city. This aqueduct is about {{convert|26|km}} long, and has been in use since then. From the 12th century, the aqueduct provided water to three fountains in the current Via del Corso in Rome. [[Pope Nicholas V]] ordered the restoration of the aqueduct, in the 15th cenrury. The new aqueduct ended in a different place. [[Leon Battista Alberti]] constructed a simple fountain, which provided water from three openings. The wall of this fountain also bore the signs of the pope. [[Pope Pius IV]] also had the aqueduct restored, about a century later, from 1561 to 1570. [[Pope Urban VIII]] ordered a new fountain to be built; for lack of money, all that was done is that the place before the fountain was enlarged. [[Category:Buildings and structures in Rome]] [[Category:Fountains]]