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Gifts and Santa Claus puppets everywhere Those puppets are available at any size and any shape. Kids are mad about them.
Many alternative gifts can be bought here and these are cheap, actually. You may make very unusual gifts here for your friends and relatives. Leave a Comment |
Jugglers and equilibrists are here to enjoy the attendance.
Here one wanted to convince a tourist to jump on his monowheel bicycle.
The poor guy made it. Three seconds and he was grounded. The attendance laughed and the equilibrist took his money. The tourist had to let his clothes to be cleaned. Leave a Comment |
People crowds the stores in Piazza Navona, especially during the afternoon from 4 PM to 9 PM. It seems that nobody has nothing already, everything has to be bought again.
That's why prices are so high, I suggest you go there to enjoy but not to buy. Leave a Comment |
Sometimes mimes here not only bend when you offer them money, but the also say "hello!", sometimes, to people (especially to tourist you may imagine from where) and kiss ladies hands.
No problem about your belongings, anyway, at least not from them. Leave a Comment |
Bernini designed this beautiful Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi for Pope Innocentius X Pamphilj. The four giants on the fountain symbolise the 4 big rivers known at that time: the Nile, Ganges, Donau and the Rio de la Plata. The giant that symbolises the Nile waers a veal, since it is facing the Sant'Agone, which was designed by Bernini's rival Borromini. Leave a Comment Address: Piazza Navona |
Piazza Navona
One of the largest squares in Rome, designed by architect Bernini, intended to symbolize the ancient arenas where Romans enjoyed two-wheeled chariots races.
These races were bloody indeed, and very often competitors died, crushed by other vehicles. Leave a Comment |
Piazza Navona is usually full of strolling Romans and tourists. I had already read that it was the most beautiful square in the world but I think it is far from deserving such pretentious title. In fact, I found it a bit dirty, full of annoying street vendors, no place to have a sit (do Italians know what a bench is?) and the area is overpriced. However, it is still a must see....
The piazza gets its shape from Domitian's 1st century stadium. In the middle of the square you'll find Bernini's fountain of the four rivers (the Nile, the Danube, the Plate and the Ganges). The figures are symbolic, one of which is said to be recoiling in horror from Borromini's façade for the Church of Saint Agnese in Agone. Leave a Comment |
The fundaments on which the buildings along the Piazza Navona are built used to be the stadium of Domitianus. Right in the middle of the square is the Bernini fountain called Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, but also the church Sant' Agnese in Agone has to be brilliant (they are redecorating the exterior so hardly anything was visible during our visit). The square is surrounded by lots of restaurants. If you want to eat in one of these restaurant do compare the prices! Some of the same dishes have a difference of 4 euro's! Leave a Comment |
This beautiful square in the Baroque period features Bernini's Fountain of Rivers at its center. It represents four rivers in four different continents: Nile for Africa, Gange for Asia, Danube for Europe and Rio de la Plata for America.
This is a nice large lively square with lots of cafes, a great meeting place. Leave a Comment |
Our guesthouse's closest piazza was luckily the Piazza Navona.
Unbeknown to us at the time we had booked at (what we think), is the loveliest Baroque-inspired piazza of all!
Bustling with life and people, it also houses a couple of superb fountains, with intricate sculpted detail.
This is Bernini's fountain, found on the north side of Piazza Navona. A masterpiece in its own right.
Gorgeous stuff indeed! Leave a Comment Address: Piazza Navona |
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