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Fontana delle Api
Fountain
Fontana delle Api by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Fontana delle Api by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
DesignGian Lorenzo Bernini
LocationPiazza Barberini, Rome, Italy
Coordinates: 41°54′15.5″N 12°29′19.4″E / 41.904306°N 12.488722°E / 41.904306; 12.488722Coordinates: 41°54′15.5″N 12°29′19.4″E / 41.904306°N 12.488722°E / 41.904306; 12.488722

Fontana delle Api (Fountain of the Bees) is a fountain located in the Piazza Barberini in Rome where the Via Veneto enters the piazza. It was sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and completed in April 1644.

Description

Fontana delle Api consists of a marble bi-valve shell with three bees of the same material resting on it. The fountain was intended to be a watering trough for horses. An inscription on the shell reads, "Urban VIII Pont. Max., having built a fountain for the public ornamentation of the City, also built this little fountain to be of service to private citizens. In the year 1644, XXI of his pontificate." The "public ornamentation" referred to in the inscription is the Fontana del Tritone (Triton Fountain), which Bernini had completed the year before.

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References

Media related to Fontana delle Api (Rome) at Wikimedia Commons

Preceded by
Villa Madama
Landmarks of Rome
Fontana delle Api
Succeeded by
Fontana dell'Acqua Felice