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			The '''Fontana della Barcaccia''' ({{IPA\|it\|barˈkattʃa\|lang}}; "Fountain of the Boat") is a ]-style fountain found at the foot of the ] in ]'s ] (Spanish Square). ] commissioned ] in 1623 to build the fountain as part of a prior Papal project to erect a fountain in every major piazza in Rome. The fountain was completed between 1627 and 1629 by Pietro possibly along with the help of his son ], especially after his father's death on August 29, 1629.

			==Description==
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			The sculptural fountain is made into the shape of a half-sunken ship with water overflowing its sides into a small basin. The source of the water comes from the ], an aqueduct from 19 BCE. Bernini built this fountain to be slightly below street level due to the low water pressure from the aqueduct. Water flows from seven points of fountain: the center baluster; two inside the boat from sun-shaped human faces; and four outside the boat.

			According to legend, as the River ] flooded in 1598, water carried a small boat into the Piazza di Spagna. When the water receded, a boat was deposited in the center of the square, and it was this event that inspired Bernini's creation.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Rendina\|first=Claudio\|title=Enciclopedia di Roma\|publisher=Newton & Compton\|year=1999\|location=Rome}}</ref> The fountain is decorated with the papal coat of arms of the Barberini family as a reminder of Pope Urban VIII's ancestry.
	The '''''Fontana della Barcaccia''''' (''Fountain of the Ugly Boat''; {{IPA-it\|bärˈkäˈt͡ːʃä}}) is a ] fresh-water fountain in ] in ], the capital of ], just below the ]. It is so named because it is in the shape of a half-sunken ship with water overflowing its bows. The fountain was commissioned by ] and was completed in 1627 by ] and his son ].

			==Damage and restoration==
	The shape was chosen because, prior to the river walls being built, the ] often flooded and in 1598 there was a particularly bad flooding and the Piazza di Spagna was flooded up to a metre. Once the water withdrew, a boat was left behind in the square.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Rendina\|first=Claudio\|title=Enciclopedia di Roma\|publisher=Newton & Compton\|year=1999\|location=Rome}}</ref>
			On May 15, 2007 four drunken tourists damaged the monumental fountain with a large screwdriver inflicting a deep scratch, with the consequent detachment of a significant part of the papal coat of arms.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2007/05_Maggio/15/fontana_piazza_spagna.shtml \| title = Roma: 4 ubriachi danneggiano "Barcaccia" \| publisher = corriere.it \| date = May 16, 2007}}</ref> The ] who rushed to the place were attacked by the four vandals, but still managed to get them under arrest and prevent further damage.

		⚫	] on the fountain has been carried out several times, the last being in 2014, through a private donation of €209,960. A few weeks after the unveiling, the fountain was damaged on 19 February 2015 by a group of Dutch ] ], who were in Rome to support ]-based club ] in a ] match against ]. The group, allegedly under the influence of alcohol and drugs,<ref></ref> stepped into the fountain and threw bottles and rubbish in it before clashing with the police.

			==In popular culture==
	The English poet ] could hear the sound of the fountain's water flowing soothingly from his deathbed. He said it reminded him of lines from the 17th-century play ''], or Love Lies a-Bleeding'' (1611) and was the source for his ]: "Here lies one whose name was writ in water."		The English poet ] could hear the sound of the fountain's water flowing soothingly from his deathbed. He said it reminded him of lines from the 17th-century play ''], or Love Lies a-Bleeding'' (1611) and was the source for his ]: "Here lies one whose name was writ in water."

			] uses the fountain as a plot device in '']''.
⚫	] on the fountain has been carried out several times, the last being in 2014, through a private donation of ~~€200~~,~~000~~. A few weeks after the unveiling, the fountain was damaged on 19 February 2015 by a group of ] ], who were in Rome to support ]-based club ] in a ] match against ]. The group, allegedly under the influence of alcohol and drugs,<ref></ref> stepped into the fountain and threw bottles and rubbish in it before clashing with the police.

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Latest revision as of 13:48, 4 January 2025

Fountain in Rome

Fontana della Barcaccia
Fountain
Fontana della Barcaccia in Piazza di Spagna, Rome
Design	Pietro Bernini
Location	Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Italy
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Coordinates: 41°54′21″N 12°28′56″E / 41.90581°N 12.48221°E / 41.90581; 12.48221

The Fontana della Barcaccia (Italian: [barˈkattʃa]; "Fountain of the Boat") is a Baroque-style fountain found at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome's Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Square). Pope Urban VIII commissioned Pietro Bernini in 1623 to build the fountain as part of a prior Papal project to erect a fountain in every major piazza in Rome. The fountain was completed between 1627 and 1629 by Pietro possibly along with the help of his son Gian Lorenzo Bernini, especially after his father's death on August 29, 1629.

Description

Fontana della Barcaccia, seen from the top of the Spanish Steps.

The sculptural fountain is made into the shape of a half-sunken ship with water overflowing its sides into a small basin. The source of the water comes from the Acqua Vergine, an aqueduct from 19 BCE. Bernini built this fountain to be slightly below street level due to the low water pressure from the aqueduct. Water flows from seven points of fountain: the center baluster; two inside the boat from sun-shaped human faces; and four outside the boat.

According to legend, as the River Tiber flooded in 1598, water carried a small boat into the Piazza di Spagna. When the water receded, a boat was deposited in the center of the square, and it was this event that inspired Bernini's creation. The fountain is decorated with the papal coat of arms of the Barberini family as a reminder of Pope Urban VIII's ancestry.

Damage and restoration

On May 15, 2007 four drunken tourists damaged the monumental fountain with a large screwdriver inflicting a deep scratch, with the consequent detachment of a significant part of the papal coat of arms. The carabinieri who rushed to the place were attacked by the four vandals, but still managed to get them under arrest and prevent further damage.

Restoration on the fountain has been carried out several times, the last being in 2014, through a private donation of €209,960. A few weeks after the unveiling, the fountain was damaged on 19 February 2015 by a group of Dutch football hooligans, who were in Rome to support Rotterdam-based club Feyenoord in a Europa League match against A.S. Roma. The group, allegedly under the influence of alcohol and drugs, stepped into the fountain and threw bottles and rubbish in it before clashing with the police.

In popular culture

The English poet John Keats could hear the sound of the fountain's water flowing soothingly from his deathbed. He said it reminded him of lines from the 17th-century play Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding (1611) and was the source for his epitaph: "Here lies one whose name was writ in water."

Jess Walter uses the fountain as a plot device in Beautiful Ruins.

References

Rendina, Claudio (1999). Enciclopedia di Roma. Rome: Newton & Compton.
"Roma: 4 ubriachi danneggiano "Barcaccia"". corriere.it. May 16, 2007.
Ansa.it

External links

Web gallery of Art
Roma-SPQR
Media related to Fontana della Barcaccia (Rome) at Wikimedia Commons

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

List of works

Sculpture

1610s	The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun Bust of Giovanni Battista Santoni A Faun Teased by Children Boy with a Dragon The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence Saint Sebastian Bust of Pope Paul V Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius Bust of Giovanni Vigevano Damned Soul Blessed Soul Bust of Camilla Barbadoni
1620s	Bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo Neptune and Triton The Rape of Proserpina Apollo and Daphne Bust of Pope Gregory XV St. Peter's Baldachin Charity with Four Children David Bust of Alessandro Peretti di Montalto Saint Bibiana Busts of Pope Urban VIII Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya Bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmine Bust of Cardinal Giovanni Dolfin Bust of Cardinal Escoubleau de Sourdis Bust of Antonio Cepparelli Bust of Cardinal Melchior Klesl Two Angels in Sant'Agostino Bust of Francesco Barberini Bust of Antonio Barberini Busts of Cardinals Agostino and Pietro Valier Memorial to Carlo Barberini Tomb of Pope Urban VIII Saint Longinus Sleeping Hermaphroditus (mattress)
1630s	Statue of Carlo Barberini Two Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese Tomb of Countess Matilda of Tuscany Pasce Oves Meas Bust of Costanza Bonarelli Busts of Paolo Giordano and Isabella Orsini Statue of Pope Urban VIII Bust of King Charles I Bust of Thomas Baker Medusa
1640s	Bust of Cardinal Richilieu Memorial to Alessandro Valtrini Memorial to Ippolito Merenda Memorial to Maria Raggi Confessio of Santa Francesca Romana Raimondi Chapel Truth Unveiled by Time Bust of Pope Leo X Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Noli Me Tangere
1650s	Busts of Pope Innocent X Bust of Francesco I d'Este Corpus The Vision of Constantine Daniel and the Lion Habakkuk and the Angel Chair of Saint Peter Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen
1660s	Statue of Alexander VII Busts of Alexander VII Statue of King Philip IV of Spain Elephant and Obelisk Angel with the Crown of Thorns Angel with the Superscription Bust of Gabriele Fonseca Bust of Louis XIV Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV
1670s	Blessed Ludovica Albertoni Tomb of Pope Alexander VII Statue of Pope Clement X Bust of the Saviour

Architecture
and fountains

Paintings

Preceded by
Babuino

Landmarks of Rome
Fontana della Barcaccia

Succeeded by
Il Facchino

Landmarks of Rome

Walls and gates

Aurelian Walls
- Ardeatina
- Asinaria
- Latina
- Maggiore
- Metronia
- Nomentana
- Pia
- Pinciana
- Popolo
- Portese
- San Pancrazio
- San Paolo
- San Giovanni
- San Sebastiano
- Settimiana
- Tiburtina
Leonine Wall
Castra Praetoria
Janiculum Wall
Terreus Wall
Romuli Wall
Servian Wall
- Caelimontana
- Capena
- Collina
- Dolabella
- Esquilina
- Fontinalis
- Gallienus
- Viminale
- Naevia
- Querquetulana
- Trigemina

Ancient obelisks

Ancient Roman
landmarks

Triumphal arches	Arch of Constantine Arch of Dolabella Arch of Drusus Arch of Gallienus Arch of Janus Arch of Septimius Severus Arch of Titus Arcus Novus
Aqueducts	Aqua Appia Aqua Alexandrina Aqua Anio Vetus Aqua Anio Novus Aqua Claudia Aqua Julia Aqua Marcia Aqua Tepula
Sewers	Cloaca Maxima Cloaca Circi Maximi
Public baths	Baths of Agrippa Baths of Caracalla Baths of Diocletian Baths of Nero Baths of Trajan
Religious	Ara Pacis Temple of Antoninus and Faustina Temple of Apollo Palatinus Temple of Apollo Sosianus Temple of Hadrian Temple of Hercules Victor Temple of Janus Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Temple of Jupiter Tonans Temple of Minerva Medica Temple of Portunus Temple of Saturn Temple of Vesta House of the Vestals Largo di Torre Argentina Lupercal Pantheon Porta Maggiore Basilica
Fora	Roman Forum Imperial fora Forum of Augustus Forum of Caesar Forum of Nerva Forum of Vespasian Trajan's Forum Forum Boarium Forum Holitorium
Civic	Basilica Argentaria Basilica Julia Basilica of Junius Bassus Basilica of Maxentius Basilica of Neptune Basilica Ulpia Comitium Curia Julia Portico Dii Consentes Porticus Octaviae Tabularium
Entertainment	Circus Maximus Circus of Maxentius Circus of Nero Colosseum Ludus Magnus Gardens of Maecenas Gardens of Sallust Stadium of Domitian Theatre of Marcellus Theatre of Pompey
Palaces and villae	Domus Augustana Domus Aurea Domus Transitoria Flavian Palace House of Augustus Palace of Domitian Villa Gordiani Villa of Livia Insula dell'Ara Coeli Villa of the Quintilii Villa of the sette bassi
Column monuments	Column of Antoninus Pius Column of Marcus Aurelius "Column of Phocas" Trajan's Column Five-Columns Monument
Commerce	Porticus Aemilia Trajan's Market
Tombs	Casal Rotondo Catacombs of Domitilla Catacombs of Rome Catacombs of San Sebastiano Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas Mausoleum of Augustus Mausoleum of Helena Mausoleum of Maxentius Pyramid of Cestius Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker Tomb of Hilarus Fuscus Tomb of the Haterii Tomb of the Scipios Tombs of Via Latina Tomb of Priscilla Vigna Randanini
Bridges	Pons Cestius Pons Fabricius Ponte Milvio Ponte Sant'Angelo