With its
showy fountains, baroque palazzi and colourful cast of street
artists, hawkers and tourists, Piazza Navona is central Rome’s elegant showcase
square.
Built over the 1st-century Stadio di Domiziano, it was paved over in
the 15th century and for almost 300 years hosted the city's main market.
Its
grand centrepiece is Berninis Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, a flamboyant fountain
featuring an Egyptian obelisk and muscular personifications of the rivers Nile,
Ganges, Danube and Plate.
--Lonely
Planet
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