 Sign for Piazza Navona, Rome |
 Piazza Navona - Fountain of the Four Rivers |
 The Obelisk of Domitian is the centerpiece of the Fountain of the Four Rivers |
 The Fountain of the Four Rivers by Bernini, 1651 |
 Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi - River Ganges |
 Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi - River Nile, with its hidden source |
 Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi - River Ganges |
 The Fountain of the Four Rivers, Piazza Navona |
 Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi - River Danube |
 Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi - River Plate (Rio de la Plata) |
 Horse - Fountain of the Four Rivers |
 Lion - Fountain of the Four Rivers |
 Piazza Navona was the site of Domitian's Stadium in the 1st C. AD |
 The Moor Fountain and Sant'Agnese in Agone |
 Fontana del Moro (Moor Fountain), south end of Piazza Navona |
 The Moor by Bernini, 1653 |
 Tritons by Giacomo della Porta, 1575 |
 Fontana del Moro - Piazza Navona |
 Fontana del Moro - Piazza Navona |
 Fontana del Moro - Piazza Navona |
 Painting of Piazza Navona and the Moor Fountain |
 Embassy of Brazil, Piazza Navona |
 Aquila - the Eagle of Rome |
 Piazza Navona |
 North end of Piazza Navona |
 Neptune Fountain - North end of Piazza Navona |
 Fontana del Nettuno (Fountain of Neptune) |
 Neptune Fighting the Octopus by Antonio della Pitta, 1878 |
 Neptune Fighting the Octopus by Antonio della Pitta, 1878 |
 The basin of the Neptune Fountain is contemporaneous with the Moor Fountain and is also by Giacomo Della Porta |
 The other statues are late 19th C. by Gregorio Zappalà |
 Fontana del Nettuno - Piazza Navona |
 Fontana del Nettuno - Piazza Navona |
 Pinocchio - Piazza Navona |
 The first shrine to St Agnes was built here in the 8th C.on the site of her martyrdom |
 Obelisk of Domitian and Sant'Agnese in Agone |
 The 11th C. Church of St. Agnes was rebuilt in the 17th C. |
 Girolamo and Carlo Rainaldi started the project and Francesco Borromini contented it |
 The dome of Sant'Agnes in Agone |
 Frescos of the Assumption on the dome were painted by Ciro Ferri (†1689) |
 The four pendentives show the Cardinal Virtues painted by Giovanni Battista Gauli - 1662-1672 |
 Four Cardinal Virtues - Justice |
 Four Cardinal Virtues - |
 Four Cardinal Virtues - |
 The Main Altar of Sant'Agnes in Agone |
 Miracle of Saint Agnes by Ercole Ferrata and Dominico Guidi, 1688 |
 Reliquary containing the skull of St. Agnes |
 St. Agnes amid the fires of temptation by Ercole Ferrata (†1686) |
 St Eustace and the Lions |
 San Sebastiano by Paolo Campi, 18th C. |
 St. Sebastian - Church of Sant'Agnes in Agone |
 Funerary Monument of Pope Innocent X (†1655), Sant'Angnes in Agone |
 Detail of the statue of Pope Innocent X by late Baroque sculptor Giovanni Battista Maini in 1730 |
 The Death of St. Cecilia by Antonio Raggi, 1660-1667 |
 The Death of St. Alexius of Rome by Giovanni Francesco Rossi, 17th C. |
 Il transito di S. Alessio |
 Stained glass window at Sant'Agnes in Agone |
 The dome of the Church of Sant'Andrea della Valle from Piazza Navona |
 Church of Sant'Andrea della Valle seen down Corso del Rinascimento |