Quattro Fontane
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The Quattro Fontane is an ensemble of four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale in Rome. They were commissioned by Pope Sixtus V an
The River Aniene
The River Tiber
The goddess Diana
The goddess Juno
Francesco Borromini
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Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli, was an Italian architect born in the modern Swiss canton of Ticino who, with his contemporaries Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a lea
Quattro Fontane
…The fountain of Diana was designed by the painter and architect Pietro da Cortona. The later Baroque church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, by Francesco Borromini, is located near the fountains, and takes its name from them. Until 1964 the Via Quattro Fontane was home to the Pontifical Scots College. Lucentini…
Borromini (anonymous youth portrait)
The forward and backward swinging facade of the church San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane in Rome
Oratory of Saint Philip Neri
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza built to abut an existing courtyard