Rome Segway Tour Reveals Three Interesting Facts about

Trevi FountainPresented by – www.SegwayFunRome.com

About Fontana de Trevi

Your Rome segway tour will be incompleted without visiting famous Trevi Fountain in the district of Quirinale. This fountain was build by Nicola Salvi. This 65 feet high and 65 feet wide fountain was completed in 1762. The central figure of the Trevi Fountain is the sea god Neptune. Neptune riding on a shell shaped chariot pulled by two horses. Those two horses symbolize different mood of sea.

Trevi Fountain is an Ancient Source of

Water in Rome

This famous fountain of Rome is build in 19 BC and this was a source of pure water for Roman citizen. This fountain supply water in central Rome for more than 400 years. A legend of Trevi fountain told that, a girl led Roman soldier to the source of pure water which is 8 miles from Rome. Thus, this fountain named as “Auqa Virgin” or “Aqua Virgo”.

Trevi Fountain is also a Source of Charity

In your Rome segway tour you will find several visitors around the world throw coins in this fountain. People throw a coin to make wish of return travel to Rome. Every day 3000 Euros were collected and used for subsidize a supermarket for needy people of Rome.

Trevi Fountain was Used as a Background

in Several FilmsSeveral movies background was Trevi Fountain like,

Roman Holiday (1953) starred by Gregory peck and Audrey Hepburn. Three coins in the fountain (1954). La Dolace Vita (1960) starred by Anita Ekberg and Marcello

Mastroianni. Gidget goes to Rome (1963) The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)starred by Hillary Duff, Adam

Lamberg, Jake Thomas etc. Elsa and Fred (2014) starring Shirley MacLaine and Christopher

Plummer.

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