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Comment: Here is Piazza di Spagna. The Fontana della Barcaccia (Boat's fountain), guess what, was built by Pietro Bernini (father of Lorenzo), its design was supposedly inspied by a boat carried in the piazza by a Tiber river's flood in 1598.
In the background you can see the suggestive stairway which leads to the Trinità dei Monti church.
54.Windows.sulla.scala * Original idea... in a fancy street near Piazza di Spagna. * 1796 x 1729 * (819KB)

55.Metallo * 1724 x 2414 * (584KB)

57.Not.human * 3573 x 2556 * (1.2MB)

 
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59.Piazza.del.Popolo * Literally translated People Square, the name Piazza del Popolo might have a different origin.The word popolo can be derived from latin populus (italian pioppo, english poplar), since traditionally there used to be a small wood of poplars around the tumb of the emperor Nero, which was nearby.
Anyway, it is confirmed that pope Pasquale II (11th century a.D.) issued the construction of a chapel (located where now the S. Maria del Popolo church is located, behind the obelisk in the photo) relying on people's expenses. * 3360 x 1989 * (968KB)

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