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Architecture of the italian enlightenment, 1750–1800- part 2

Architecture of the italian enlightenment, 1750–1800- part 2

Nicola Salvi and the Trevi Fountain Alongside serious official architectural works on major ecclesiastical sites, eighteenth-century Rome also sustained a flourishing activity in more lighthearted but no less meaningful works.The Trevi Fountain ranks perhaps as the most joyous site in Rome. Built from 1732 to 1762 under the patronage of popes Clement XII, Benedict XIV, [...]