Fontana del Moro

Fontana del Moro
Fountain
Fontana del Moro, Piazza Navona
Fontana del Moro, Piazza Navona
DesignGiacomo della Porta, Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Completion1570s by Giacomo della Porta, 1654 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
LocationPiazza Navona, Rome, Italy
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Coordinates: 41°53′53″N 12°28′23″E / 41.898141°N 12.473146°E / 41.898141; 12.473146

Fontana del Moro (Fountain of the Moor) is a fountain located at the southern end of the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy. It depicts a nautical scene with tritons, dolphins, and a conch shell.[1] It was originally designed by Giacomo della Porta in the 1570s with later contributions from Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the 1650s.[1] Bernini sculpted a large terracotta model of the central figure, which Giovanni Antonio Mari used as a guide when sculpting the final figure.[2][3] There is a debate around whether or not the central figure was intended by Bernini to depict a Moor.[4] Some of the original sculptures were moved to the Galleria Borghese in 1874.[1] In 2011, the fountain was vandalized.[5]

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