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| Postcards from Rome |
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| Trevi Fountain |
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| Rome's largest and most famous fountain, the Trevi, was designed by Nicolo Salvi and completed in 1762. The site originally marked the terminal of Aqua Virgo aqueduct, built by Augustus' son-in-law, Agrippa, in 19 BC to channel water to Rome's new bath complexes. One of the statues on the first level shows a young girl, Trevia, after whom the fountain may have been named. She is said to have first shown the spring to thirsty Roman soldiers. |