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Piazza Navona

📍 Italy, Rome, Piazza Navona
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Introduction

Piazza Navona is Rome's most beautiful, artistic Baroque square. This elegant oval square, famed for Bernini's grand fountain and lively atmosphere, is an elegant, vivid sight in Rome. Piazza Navona sits in Rome's center, one of its most beautiful, famous and artistic squares. Uniquely shaped, it is a long, elegant oval (its shape comes from the ancient Roman stadium for races that once stood here). The square is rich with Baroque masterpieces, especially three fountains: the central Fountain of the Four Rivers by Bernini, a masterpiece, with an Egyptian obelisk at its center surrounded by gigantic personifications of the four great rivers of the known world (the Danube, Nile, Ganges and Rio de la Plata), dynamic and grand; two other lovely fountains at the ends. The gorgeous fountain, open square and surrounding Baroque church (Sant'Agnese) and ochre buildings create an elegant, gorgeous, artistic atmosphere. The square is full of vivid street life: street painters, performers, open-air cafes, children at play, elegant and lively. Visiting Rome and strolling the elegant Piazza Navona to enjoy Bernini's gorgeous fountain is an elegant, vivid sight.

Highlights

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Elegant Square
A graceful oval Baroque square, full of artistic atmosphere.
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Fountain of Four Rivers
Bernini's masterpiece, with giant figures of the world's four great rivers.
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Baroque Beauty
Three fountains and the surrounding Baroque church, elegant and gorgeous.
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Lively Street Life
Street painters, performers and open-air cafes, leisurely and lively.

🛈 Practical Info

FreeOpen-air and free, stroll and enjoy.
CafesOpen-air cafes are pricey; check the menu first.
PickpocketsCrowded and lively; watch belongings, beware pickpockets.
TimingEarly morning is quiet; at night the lights are gorgeous.
CombinePair with the Pantheon area.

💡 Tips

Stroll the elegant Piazza Navona, enjoy Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers and Baroque beauty.
The long oval square comes from an ancient Roman stadium, full of art and life.
The fountain centers on an obelisk ringed by figures of the four great rivers, grand.
Open-air and free; cafes are pricey, check the menu; crowded, beware pickpockets.
Ticket prices, schedules and opening hours are for reference only; please follow the official announcement.

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