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Virtual
Tour
Piazza Navona
The centre of the Piazza Navona is dominated by the
Fountain of the Rivers – Bernini which was completed
in 1651 and is one of the finest examples of Baroque
architecture in Rome. The 4 rivers represent the 4 corners
of Christianity and the 4 corners of the known civilised
world which are The Danube (Europe), The Ganges (Asia),
The Nile (Africa) and The Plate (Americas). The obelisk
that is in the centre of the fountain was brought to
Rome from Egypt by Emperor Maxentius in the early 300s
and was formerly housed at his circus, the Circus Maxentius,
it disappeared for about 1300 years and then showed
up on the Via Appia Antica... It was brought to Piazza
Navona in the 1600s to decorate this fountain. Under
the Obelisk is a huge empty grotto which is a much studied
architectural wonder in Rome. The animals and plants
which represent the four rivers look a little bit weird,
believe it or not the animal for Africa is supposedly
a crocodile! The reason for this is that Bernini had
never seen any of these animals so he would have sculpted
from information and bad sketches drawn from other people.
360 degree virtual images of the Navona Gallery Suites
and surrounding attractions. Simply click on any of
the thumbnails to view the image. We hope the tour will
give you a taster of what you can expect to see when
you come to stay in our Guest House but, nothing beats
the real thing so why don't you just bite the bullet
and book a room! This Virtual Tour of Navona Gallery
Suites is the copyright of Navona Gallery Suites and
was prepared for you by Fisheyes Ltd using iPIX technology.
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