Showing posts with label Fountain of the Old Boat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fountain of the Old Boat. Show all posts

Friday 12 December 2014

Look what I found at the Fountain of the Old Boat



Located at the bottom of the Spanish Steps at Piazza di Spagna, there is an interesting story behind the fountain . In 1598, the Tiber overflowed its banks and this Piazza was flooded in a meter of water . After the flood waters subsided, an old boat was left behind. Pope Urban VII then commissioned the fountain to be built.