The baroque fountain of the coin and of La Dolce Vita
At the end of an aqueduct built by Agrippa in 19 BC, the Aqua Virgo, which still supplies it, the Trevi Fountain fills a small square almost entirely with its theatrical mass of travertine. Designed by Nicola Salvi and completed in 1762, it shows Oceanus on a shell-shaped chariot pulled by sea horses and tritons, against the façade of Palazzo Poli.
Tradition says that whoever throws a coin over their shoulder into the water, with the right hand over the left shoulder, will return to Rome; the coins, over a million euros a year, are collected and given to charity. The fountain became world famous with the scene of Anita Ekberg wading in it in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita.
Tip: the fountain is crowded day and night; come very early in the morning to see it in peace. Since 2025 access to the edge of the basin may be regulated with limited entry.
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