TREVI FOUNTAIN, Trevi Fountain

Hi, I'm James, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.

Today I'll accompany you through Trevi Fountain, which is one of the most cinematic places in Rome!

In a legendary scene of "La Dolce Vita", Federico Fellini's film entirely set in Rome, the blonde and beautiful Anita Ekberg steps into the Trevi Fountain's pool and invites Marcello Mastroianni to follow her. Thanks also to this scene, this beautiful monument has entered collective imagination as one of the wonders of the Eternal City. In fact, as you walk through the historic center the great fountain suddenly appears as you turn from one of the surrounding streets. The word "Trevi" comes from "tre vie" which means three streets in Italian, and references the three small streets that open up onto the clearing where the fountain stands. It is supplied by the "Acqua Vergine", which is an aqueduct that's nearly twenty kilometers long and was built by the Agrippa console for the imperial baths....