I know where this is! So fun to see something we visited. The next day, I took my sister-in-law Grace, who was traveling with me, through the neighborhood we toured. We both loved this little square with this fountain...so playful.
My grandmother always used to say that if the wind changed while you were making ugly faces you'd have your face frozen like that. Maybe the wind changed here?
Beautiful shot of this lovely playful scene. I have seen the original in Rome, but at the time did not pay as much attention to it. Sadly not into photography at the time.
@featherstone26 I know you know! Thank you! @overalvandaan Thanks, this is one of my favorite places in Rome. @joemuli Thank you! @robz It’s such a curious fountain! Thank you! @leonbuys83 Thank you! @lostphojo Doesn’t it? @taffy Thank you a lot! @golftragic Who knows... The legend says the fountain was built overnight... Some kind of magic involved for sure! @blueberry1222 Thank you! @ludwigsdiana You must come back, as soon as we will be free again... @juliedduncan Thank you! Maybe it’s the legend: it says the Duke Mattei wanted to marry a young lady but his father-in-law-to-be didn’t consent, so the Duke had the fountain built overnight to impress his beloved one’s father and invited the two of them to admire the fountain from a window overlooking it, and soon after he had the window walled up so nobody could enjoy the same view as his fiancée and father-in-law-to-be. Romantic, isn’t it?
@kali66 Oh well, she will live longer than me for sure! She was put there because they built the fountain too small and the sculptor wanted to fill the gap between the kids’ hand and the rim of the fountain. Italian contractors already in the 16 hundreds lol
@Weezilou Sure. It’s pretty much like the Arabian nights. Every single story (or fragment of story) contains hundreds of other stories... @jyokota Oh I had missed yours. So very elegant! Thank you!
April 18th, 2020
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@overalvandaan Thanks, this is one of my favorite places in Rome.
@joemuli Thank you!
@robz It’s such a curious fountain! Thank you!
@leonbuys83 Thank you!
@lostphojo Doesn’t it?
@taffy Thank you a lot!
@golftragic Who knows... The legend says the fountain was built overnight... Some kind of magic involved for sure!
@blueberry1222 Thank you!
@ludwigsdiana You must come back, as soon as we will be free again...
@juliedduncan Thank you! Maybe it’s the legend: it says the Duke Mattei wanted to marry a young lady but his father-in-law-to-be didn’t consent, so the Duke had the fountain built overnight to impress his beloved one’s father and invited the two of them to admire the fountain from a window overlooking it, and soon after he had the window walled up so nobody could enjoy the same view as his fiancée and father-in-law-to-be. Romantic, isn’t it?
@jyokota Oh I had missed yours. So very elegant! Thank you!