Piazza Navona

A few meters from the Pantheon is one of the most beautiful squares of Rome: Piazza Navona. Her beauty is both in the oval (in the first century housed a stadium) as well as dramatic fountain is located in the center, the Fountain of the Four Rivers, by Bernini. To increase the drama of the source, it is crowned with a huge obelisk 15 meters high.

The fountain represents the four largest rivers in the world at that time: the Ganges, Nile, Danube and the Rio de la Plata, each represented by a large sculpture.

At the end of the square there are two other minor sources, the Fountain of the Moor and the Fountain of Neptune, somewhat overshadowed by the spectacular Bernini. And it is against the Church of St. Agnes, the work of Borromini, Bernini's famous rival, where the tomb of Pope Innocent X.