Fountain of the Goddess Roma

This monumental fountain (1823) shows the personification of Rome as an armed goddess seated above a basin, flanked by reclining figures of the Tiber and Aniene rivers. The setting integrates sculpted rock, lions, and obelisks into the terraced edge of the piazza. Its program celebrates Rome’s imperial grandeur and local waterways, linking ancient mythic imagery to the city’s political identity in the early 19th c.