FONTANA PAOLINABUILT BY POPE PAUL V. Roman Fountains … FOUNTAIN IN THE PIAZZA DI S. PIETRO Pope Sixtus V made use of the Roman AquaAlexandrina of Alexander Severus a.d. 226, whichformed a basis for another aqueduct, afterwardscalled Acqua Felice : the name was derived fromhis baptismal name Felice Peretti. The Fontanadeir Aqua Felice was designed by…
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![An illustration from Architectura curiosa nova, exponens 1. Fundamenta hydragogica, indolemq[ue] aquæ, aëris interventu in altum levandæ. 2. Varios aquarum ac salientium fontium lusus per varia spectatu jucunda epistomiorum seu siphonum genera. 3. Magnum amnissimorum fontium, machinarumq[ue] aquæductoriarum sumtu magno exstructarum, ac per Italiam, Britanniam, Germaniam &c. visendarum, numerum. 4. Specus artificiales sumtuosissimas, cum plerisq[ue] principum europæorum palatiis, hortis, aulis; nec non præcipuis monasteriis atq[ue] arcibus. 5. Cum auctario figurarum elegantissimarum, ad hortorum topiaria vario ductù dividenda, nec non conclavium laquearibus ac pavimentis segmentandis, itemq[ue] labyrinthis construendis, adhibendarum. Omnia 200 æri incisis... descripta (1664)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-architecturacuri00bock-330-184.webp)
