The Acqua Vergine is one of several Roman aqueducts that deliver pure drinking water to Rome. Its name derives from its predecessor Aqua Virgo, which...
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Aqua Virgo (section Acqua Vergine)
Pincio and the Quirinale and within Campo Marzio and consecrated it Acqua Vergine. This also led the water to the Trevi Fountain and the fountains of...
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Look up acqua or Acqua in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Acqua may refer to: Acqua Fraggia or Acquafraggia, a short and frequently steep torrente (Italian:...
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restoration of a ruined first century Roman aqueduct, the Acqua Vergine, by Pope Gregory XIII. The Acqua Vergine had been one of the first Roman aqueducts, opened...
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of three roads (tre vie), marks the terminal point of the "modern" Acqua Vergine—the revived Aqua Virgo, one of the aqueducts that supplied water to...
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worthy capital of the Christian world. In 1453, he began to rebuild the Acqua Vergine, the ruined Roman aqueduct which had brought clean drinking water to...
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the city of Rome listed in chronological order of their construction. Acqua Vergine Antica built in 1453 source: springs in Salone, east of Rome length:...
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the unassorted fronts of buildings beyond. The aqueduct carrying the Acqua Vergine Nuovo was completed in the 1820s, and its water provided the opportunity...
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decoration. The elder Bernini had been the pope's architect for the Acqua Vergine, since 1623. According to a legend, Pope Urban VIII had the fountain...
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reconstructed under Pope Nicholas V and consecrated in 1453 as the Acqua Vergine. In 1570, Giacomo della Porta was commissioned under Pope Gregory XIII...
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