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| The fountain was commissioned by ] ] and was completed in ] by ] and his son ]. | The fountain was commissioned by ] ] and was completed in ] by ] and his son ]. | ||
| The shape was chosen because, prior to the river walls being built, the ] often flooded and in ] there was a particularly bad flooding and the Piazza di Spagna was flooded up to a meter. Once the water withdrew, a boat was left behind in the square. | The shape was chosen because, prior to the river walls being built, the ] often flooded and in ] there was a particularly bad flooding and the Piazza di Spagna was flooded up to a meter. Once the water withdrew, a boat was left behind in the square.{{Fact|date=August 2007}} | ||
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Fontana della Barcaccia (English: "Fountain of the Old Boat") is a Baroque fresh-water fountain in Rome, Italy in the Piazza di Spagna, just below the Spanish Steps, and is so named because it is in the shape of a boat.
The fountain was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII and was completed in 1627 by Pietro Bernini and his son Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
The shape was chosen because, prior to the river walls being built, the Tiber often flooded and in 1598 there was a particularly bad flooding and the Piazza di Spagna was flooded up to a meter. Once the water withdrew, a boat was left behind in the square.
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