This splendid fountain, celebrated in Fellini’s Dolce Vita, is without doubt one of the most visited destinations in Rome.
The history of the Trevi Fountain is closely linked to that of the Roman Aqueduct of the Virgin, commissioned by Consul Agrippa to power the baths near the Pantheon. According to a legend, the source of the water was indicated to some soldiers by a young girl, who in Latin is called virgo. Hence the name of the aqueduct.
This important aqueduct is the oldest in the whole of Rome. The point where the virgo water conduit ended was on the eastern side of the Quirinal, near a three-way crossing, a trivium. At the centre of this crossroads, around 1400, a fountain with three mouths was built which poured water into 3 distinct pools: hence the name Trevi Fountain.
