Fontana della Navicella, Rome, Italy
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sherpes
N 41° 53.082 E 012° 29.754
33T E 292235 N 4640006
fountain from 1518
Waymark Code: WMAC6M
Location: Lazio, Italy
Date Posted: 12/23/2010
Views: 12
In front of the church S. Maria in Domnica, is a fountain shaped like a ship, and thus called "fountain of the ship".
here is a description in english from the website www.aboutroma.it:
The Navicella, little boat, was erected during the 16th century, probably after an idea of Sansovino, on the Celio hills, right in front of the church of Santa Maria in Dominica, also known as "in navicula".
Than this fountain was restored by Cardinal Medici, who later became Pope under the name of Leone X. According to legend the marble fountain representing a Roman galley was a votive offering of the sailors to Isis, the goddess protector of travellers.
A jet of water rises from the centre of the bridge of the small boat placed on a base decorated with the coat-of-arms of Leone X and is collected into an oval travertine basin below.
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