The Acqua Vergine is one of several Roman aqueducts that deliver pure drinking water to Rome. Its name derives from its predecessor Aqua Virgo, which...
6 KB (714 words) - 07:03, 15 March 2024
Aqua Virgo (section Acqua Vergine)
Pincio and the Quirinale and within Campo Marzio and consecrated it Acqua Vergine. This also led the water to the Trevi Fountain and the fountains of...
22 KB (3,086 words) - 08:13, 30 April 2024
Look up acqua or Acqua in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Acqua may refer to: Acqua Fraggia or Acquafraggia, a short and frequently steep torrente (Italian:...
5 KB (726 words) - 17:59, 25 July 2023
of three roads (tre vie), marks the terminal point of the "modern" Acqua Vergine—the revived Aqua Virgo, one of the aqueducts that supplied water to...
28 KB (2,403 words) - 18:31, 12 August 2024
restoration of a ruined first century Roman aqueduct, the Acqua Vergine, by Pope Gregory XIII. The Acqua Vergine had been one of the first Roman aqueducts, opened...
19 KB (2,700 words) - 22:36, 12 July 2024
worthy capital of the Christian world. In 1453, he began to rebuild the Acqua Vergine, the ruined Roman aqueduct which had brought clean drinking water to...
74 KB (10,024 words) - 02:12, 31 July 2024
decoration. The elder Bernini had been the pope's architect for the Acqua Vergine, since 1623. According to a legend, Pope Urban VIII had the fountain...
19 KB (2,106 words) - 15:54, 23 July 2024
reconstructed under Pope Nicholas V and consecrated in 1453 as the Acqua Vergine. In 1570, Giacomo della Porta was commissioned under Pope Gregory XIII...
12 KB (1,299 words) - 12:47, 5 June 2024
the city of Rome listed in chronological order of their construction. Acqua Vergine Antica built in 1453 source: springs in Salone, east of Rome length:...
8 KB (509 words) - 01:29, 21 February 2023
worthy capital of the Christian world. In 1453 he began to rebuild the Acqua Vergine, the ruined Roman aqueduct which had brought clean drinking water to...
15 KB (1,979 words) - 23:46, 11 August 2024
the unassorted fronts of buildings beyond. The aqueduct carrying the Acqua Vergine Nuovo was completed in the 1820s, and its water provided the opportunity...
13 KB (1,488 words) - 13:11, 14 August 2024
ISBN 0-8020-3721-6. The present façade stands where the Roman aqueduct Acqua Vergine once stood, flowing down in a cascade to Imperial Rome. "The Church...
19 KB (2,093 words) - 08:39, 4 July 2024
temples, streets, squares, fortifications, bridges and restored the Acqua Vergine as far as the Trevi..." In addition to restoring the aqueduct that provided...
29 KB (3,269 words) - 01:32, 23 July 2024
He is particularly remembered for his role in the restoration of the Acqua Vergine, an ancient Roman aqueduct. Its malfunction was forcing Roman citizens...
20 KB (2,802 words) - 11:15, 31 May 2024
Italian). Katherine Rinne, "Fluid Precision: Giacomo della Porta and the Acqua Vergine fountains of Rome", in Landscapes of Memory and Experience, ed. Jan...
7 KB (771 words) - 11:00, 3 July 2024
fountains built by Della Porta following the reconstruction of the Acqua Vergine aqueduct, a project begun by Pope Pius IV in 1561 and finished by Pope...
5 KB (622 words) - 19:48, 3 July 2023
employed by Pope Nicholas V for the restoration of the Roman aqueduct of Acqua Vergine, which debouched into a simple basin designed by Alberti, which was...
50 KB (5,959 words) - 12:59, 3 August 2024
constructed in 1822–23 at the terminus of a newly built aqueduct, the Acqua Vergine Nuovo. The fountains in the Piazza del Popolo were the work of Giovanni...
2 KB (142 words) - 23:14, 10 February 2024
VI: 8A Torrespaccata, 8B Torre Maura, 8C Giardinetti-Tor Vergata, 8D Acqua Vergine, 8E Lunghezza, 8F Torre Angela, 8G Borghesiana, 8H San Vittorino Municipio...
21 KB (1,227 words) - 10:04, 27 March 2024
dell'Acqua Vergine, was designed and sculpted by Vasari and Ammannati: it depicts river gods and caryatids. The fountain's source, the Acqua Vergine, also...
8 KB (839 words) - 18:32, 25 July 2024
its sides into a small basin. The source of the water comes from the Acqua Vergine, an aqueduct from 19 BCE. Bernini built this fountain to be slightly...
5 KB (488 words) - 16:37, 10 November 2023
Giacomo della Porta in the 1570s. Its function was to hold water from the Acqua Vergine aqueduct. Ludovico Rossi was the original stone-carver who created the...
15 KB (1,874 words) - 07:38, 11 February 2024
Z.VI – Settecamini Z.VII – Tor Cervara Z.VIII – Tor Sapienza Z.IX – Acqua Vergine Z.X – Lunghezza Z.XI – San Vittorino Z.XII – Torre Spaccata Z.XIII –...
6 KB (568 words) - 04:12, 28 July 2023
Southward, Settecamini borders with Zona Lunghezza (Z. X) and with Zona Acqua Vergine (Z. IX): the border is outlined by the river Aniene, up to the Grande...
20 KB (2,601 words) - 20:46, 13 August 2024
square with the same name. Built in 1572 after the re-activation of the Acqua Vergine aqueduct, it was designed by Giacomo della Porta, and was originally...
2 KB (187 words) - 09:27, 19 June 2022
Aniene. To the east, Tor Cervara also shares a short border with Zona Acqua Vergine (Z. IX), which is outlined by the stretch of the GRA between the river...
9 KB (958 words) - 03:53, 26 January 2024
The ready supply of water to the building came from the re-opened the Acqua Vergine aqueduct, which had been restored in 1453. The building was most notably...
10 KB (1,115 words) - 14:41, 3 April 2023
Santa Balbina (redirect from Santa Balbina Vergine)
Palazzo Zuccari Villa Farnesina Villa Giulia Villa Madama Fountains Api Acqua Felice Acqua Paola Babuino Barcaccia Il Facchino Marforio Moro Nasone Navicella...
13 KB (1,392 words) - 12:20, 24 May 2024
Stamperia Caetani al Colle Esquilino, 1805 The Market, the lake of Acqua Vergine, and the Palazzo Pamfili in the Circus Agonale, known vulgarly as Piazza...
12 KB (1,475 words) - 02:30, 24 July 2024
in the Quirinale District of Rome, Italy. It marked the terminus of the Acqua Felice aqueduct restored by Pope Sixtus V. It was designed by Domenico Fontana...
7 KB (863 words) - 12:00, 29 October 2023