A large, ornate stone fountain with sculpted lions and a central twisted column, situated in a grassy public square surrounded by multi-story buildings with balconies and outdoor café umbrellas.

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Historic Fountains

Historic Fountains in Italy

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The image shows a sunlit European square with terracotta-colored medieval buildings, including a prominent brick palace with crenellations and arched windows, outdoor café umbrellas in the foreground, and a sign reading "Sapori di Toscana" on a wh

Piazza del Campo

Europe's greatest medieval scallop-shaped square

A view looking straight up the interior of a deep, cylindrical stone well with a double-helix ramp structure and a circular opening to the sky at the top.

Pozzo San Patrizio

Renaissance double-spiral well in Viterbo

The image shows Piazza delle Erbe in Verona, Italy, featuring the Palazzo Maffei with its distinctive statues on the roofline, the Torre dei Lamberti to the left, and a central column with a statue (likely the Lion of Saint Mark) in the foreground

Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol

Piazza delle Erbe

Historic market square featuring Neptune Fountain

A low-angle shot of a large, ornate fountain with a central jet and wide spray, set in a city square surrounded by grand, historic buildings including one with "BANCA" visible on its facade and another with a dome.

Piazza De Ferrari

Genoa's central square with iconic bronze fountain

The image shows the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy, featuring its grand Baroque architecture with statues of Oceanus, allegorical figures, and cascading water into a large basin, surrounded by tourists and adjacent buildings.

Trevi Fountain

18th-century Baroque fountain in Rome

A close-up view of the Fontana dei Fiumi (Fountain of the Rivers) in Piazza Navona, Rome, featuring Gian Lorenzo Bernini's statue of the Nile river god with a rocky base and water flowing into the basin, with the facade of the Church of Sant'Agnes

Piazza Navona

17th-century Baroque square with three fountains

A 360-degree panoramic photograph of an octagonal city square featuring four ornate, curved corner buildings with statues and fountains, under a blue sky with some construction scaffolding visible.

Palermo, Sicily

Quattro Canti

Octagonal Baroque crossroads in Palermo's center

A tall Egyptian-style obelisk with hieroglyphs stands on a pedestal in front of a large, rusticated Renaissance palace building under a blue sky.

Florence, Tuscany

Boboli Gardens

Renaissance gardens with fountains and statues

A wide, paved public square in Venice featuring outdoor cafe seating, a central stone well, a bell tower in the background, and surrounding multi-story buildings with shuttered windows.

Venice, Veneto and the Dolomites

Campo Santa Margherita

Lively Dorsoduro square with 14th-century palaces and a m...

No admission fee

The image shows a large, ornate bronze fountain featuring a central female statue holding a bow and arrow, surrounded by other figures and water jets, set against a classical building facade with flags (EU, Italian, Sicilian) on a balcony.

Siracusa, Sicily

Fontana di Artemide

1907 fountain depicting Artemis and Alpheus myth

The image shows the wake of a ferry boat on the water, with a coastal town and a green hill in the background under a clear sky.

Ischia, Campania and Amalfi Coast

Fontana di Lacco Ameno

Historic thermal fountain in Lacco Ameno

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