Open in App Store →
Category28 documented

Fountain in Italy

28 documented fountains across Italy, each with real history, a location, and (where available) a photo. A sample below; the full set travels with you offline in the Atika app.

Showing 28 of 28

The fountain of Italy.

Grotta di Diana

la grotta è concepita strutturalmente come basamento sostruttivo dell'ambiente superiore…

EraRenaissance

Fontana della Terra

A fountain and washhouse carved from local stone, the Fontana della Terra in Bonefro is a sturdy, practical monument to communal life. Six arched bays…

EraUnknown Era

Fonte Sette Cannelle

La fonte è inserita all’interno di un volume porticato al p.t., con porzione basamentale scarpata…

EraUnknown Era

Casa Calisti Coletti Fontana

A three-storey residential building of rectangular plan, its face turned towards a lane in a state of suspended collapse. The entrance is reached by a…

EraUnknown Era

fontana, pubblica, Fontanino

This modest stone structure is the terminal display of one of the village’s two water-supply sources. Assembled from several sandstone slabs with a si…

EraRenaissance

Fontana dei Ciechi

This fountain, a work of sober civic dignity, stands as a quiet testament to the stonecutter’s art. Its façade is built from regular courses of square…

EraUnknown Era

Fontana pubblica

In the heart of a small Italian town, this Baroque fountain is a curious blend of the civic and the theatrical. Its rectangular structure, built in ar…

EraBaroque

Bergantino nymphaeum

A nymphaeum on the shores of the Alban Lake, this fountain occupies a natural grotto assigned to the Flavian period and associated with the sprawling …

EraUnknown Era

Fonte dell'Acqua Paola

The Fontana dell’Acqua Paola, known locally as Il Fontanone, commands the Ianiculum hill with a certain theatrical grandeur. Built in 1612, it was Pop…

EraUnknown Era

Meta Sudans

A large fountain once stood southwest of the Flavian Amphitheatre, a monumental marker where four of Rome’s Augustan administrative districts, Regione…

EraUnknown Era

Nymphaeum of via degli Annibaldi

On the Oppian Hill, discovered in 1895, lies a nymphaeum from the Late Republican period. A nymphaeum was, in antiquity, a monumental fountain dedicat…

EraUnknown Era

Arethusae Fons

Arethusae Fons is a spring in Ortygia, Sicily, traditionally connected with the nymph Arethusa.…

EraUnknown Era

Cyanes Fons

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 G4 Cyanes Fons…

EraUnknown Era

Doric nymphaeum

The so-called "Doric nymphaeum" is located on the shores of the Alban lake and was a component of the Villa of Domitian.…

EraUnknown Era

Cati fons

The Cati fons was a spring on the western slope of Rome’s Quirinal Hill, feeding the brook called the Petronia amnis. Its precise location is today un…

EraUnknown Era

Cascina Fontana

Cascina Fontana is a fountain in Italy. Fountains in this region often served as communal water sources or decorative features in public squares.…

EraUnknown Era

Tessitura Fontana

Tessitura Fontana is a fountain in Italy. Fountains of this type are common public works, often serving as both water sources and civic ornaments in I…

EraUnknown Era

Fontana

A fountain in Italy. It is a public water feature, typical of the many such structures found throughout Italian towns and cities.…

EraUnknown Era

Fontana dei Delfini

A Renaissance fountain in Italy. It is a stone fountain carved with dolphins. Many such fountains were built in Italian towns during the Renaissance p…

EraRenaissance

Fontana monumentale [Via Staripola]

A monumental fountain on Via Staripola. It stands as a public work of its type and period in Italy, a functional and decorative piece of urban infrast…

EraUnknown Era

Fontana Secca

A Renaissance fountain in Italy. It is a stone basin, now dry. Such fountains were common in Italian towns of the period, often serving as public wate…

EraRenaissance

Fontana di Largo San Rocco

A public fountain in Largo San Rocco, Italy. It is a typical example of the many utilitarian and decorative water sources found in Italian towns.…

EraUnknown Era

Fontana monumentale

A monumental fountain in Italy. It stands as a public work of civic art, typical of the country's long tradition of channelling water into urban spect…

EraUnknown Era

Fontana della Madonna delle Grazie

A fountain in Italy. It is a public water source, often found in towns and villages across the country. Such fountains were historically central to da…

EraUnknown Era

Fontana Pubblica

A public fountain from the Renaissance in Italy. This type of structure often served as a vital source of water and a focal point for civic life.…

EraRenaissance

Corte Fontana

Corte Fontana is a fountain in Italy. Fountains of this kind were often public water sources and communal gathering points.…

EraUnknown Era
Atika: Italy Guides

28 fountains. 67,326 sites in all.

Every one on a single offline map that pings you when you are near.

Open in App Store →
Atika Field Notes

One remarkable place, in your inbox each week.

Short, true stories of overlooked heritage sites, drawn from the Atika atlas. Free, no spam.