Fountain At The Entrance Of The Orange Trees Garden In Rome, Italy Stock Photo

Fountain at the entrance of the Orange Trees Garden on the Aventine Hill in Rome, Italy. The fountain at the entrance in Piazza Pietro D`Illiria is made up of two separate pieces: a Roman thermal bath, and a monumental marble mask originally carved to adorn a fountain built in 1593 by Giacomo della Porta. The mask has a long history. After the dismantling the fountain of Giacomo della Porta located in the so called Campo Vaccino in 1816, it was recovered and from 1827 used to decorate a fountain erected on the right bank of the Tiber. This fountain was demolished in 1890 and the sculpture was kept in municipal warehouses until being moved to its present location.