Fontana della Barcaccia

Fontana della Barcaccia

Year

1629

Artist

Type

public art

A fountain shaped as a half-sunken boat, set slightly below street level to work with the low water pressure of the ancient Acqua Vergine aqueduct. The ingenious design turns a practical constraint into poetic invention: water gently overfl …

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