Fontana del Pantheon - Roma, Italy
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The Fountain of the Pantheon surmounted by an Egyptian obelisk is located in the Piazza della Rotonda, Rome, in front of the Roman Pantheon.
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Location: Lazio, Italy
Date Posted: 06/06/2019
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The fountain was commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII and designed by Giacomo Della Porta in 1575 and sculpted out of marble by Leonardo Sormani.
In 1711, Pope Clement XI requested that the fountain be modified and had Filippo Barigioni design a new layout, which included a different basin, made of stone, and the Macuteo obelisk, created during the period of Ramses II, set in the centre on a plinth with dolphins and chimeras decorating the base and serving as water spouts.
In 1886, the original marble figures were removed, and replaced with copies by Luigi Amici. Today, the originals can be seen in the Museum of Rome.
Fontana del Pantheon was the model to Francesco Robba for the Robba fountain, which stands at Town Square in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is one of the city's most recognisable symbols.
In April 2018 James Pallotta has offered to donate €230,000 towards the restoration the fountain and also the fontana dei Leoni in Piazza del Popolo.
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