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Fontanone di Ponte Sisto
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[[Image:Roma fontana di ponte Sisto.jpg|thumb|Fountain today in Piazza Trilusso]]
The '''Fontana''' or '''Fontanone di Ponte Sisto''', once known as the '''Fontanone dei Cento Preti''', is an early 17th-century, monumental fountain now located on Piazza Trilusso, facing the south end of the [[Ponte Sisto]], in [[Trastevere]], Rome, Italy. It was reconstructed here in the late 19th century, originally erected across the river, attached to the former building of the Collegio Ecclesiastico.
==History==
[[Image:G.Vasi - Collegio Ecclesiastico a Ponte Sisto.jpg|thumb|Fountain on the facade of the Collegio Ecclesiastico (on right, below roofline clock), engraved in 1759 by Giuseppe Vasi]]
[[File:FontanaDiPonteSistoByRoeslerFranz.jpg|thumb|Depiction of fountain (mid-19th-century) showing relationship to bridge prior to demolition]]
relation to ponte sisto
[[File:I Fontanoni dell'acqua Paola.jpg|thumb|View shows the present relationship of the fountain to the Acqua Paola higher up on the Gianiculum hill]]
In 1587, a hospice for the indigent was established at the north end of the Ponte Sisto by Pope [[Sixtus V]]. The building, erected by [[Domenico Fontana]], and included a large chapel or church (no longer extant), dedicated to St Francis of Assisi (''San Francesco a Ponte Sisto'' or ''San Francesco ai Mendicanti''). Originally called the ''Ospizio dei Mendicanti'', the uses of this hospice building altered over the centuries. In the early 1700s, under Pope [[Clement XI]], the male beggars were moved to the hospice at [[San Michele a Ripa]], and a section of the building, entered through the present Via delle Zoccolette, became the hospice or conservatory for the ''Zitelle Mendicanti'' (maidens or girls who were beggars). This hospice, called the ''Zoccolette'' was established under Pope [[Innocent XII]], and functioned into the 19th-century, when it was renamed the ''Conservatorio di Santi Clemente e Crescentino'' under the administration by the Padri delle Scuole Pie.
<ref>[https://ift.tt/2XJca7e Roma antica e moderna o sia nuova descrizione di tutti gl'edifici antichi et moderni], Volume 1; by Gregoire Roisecco; Stamperia Pucinelli, Rome (1750); page 601.</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2J6X4iU Accurata, E Succinta Descrizione Topografica, E Istorica Di Roma], Volume 1; by Ridolfino Venuti; Presso Carlo Barbellieni, Rome (1766); page 228.</ref> The name Zoccolette was likely derived from the clog, ''zoccolo'', given to the girls to shod their feet.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2LQMCOs Rome Art Lover, entry on area.</ref> The portion of the building accessed from the Via dei Pettinari (old Via Gulia) became a hospice for indigent retired priests (''Ospicio dei Centi Preti''), and later became a seminary, the ''Collegio Ecclesiastico''. In the mid-19th century, part of this unit functioned as a military hospital.
It was to this latter ''seminary'' building in Rione Regula, that under Pope [[Paul V]] (Borghese), it was decided to build this fountain, in which to funnel water from the [[Fontana dell'Acqua Paola|Acqua Paola]] on the [[Gianiculum]], across the river through pipes carried by the Ponte Sisto. The fountain built of stone and travertine marble discharged water from various sites: the top basin (still present but no longer participating in hydraulics) was filled by jets above, and then overflowed to the larger basin below. Additionally, water spouted from both the mouths of two lion faces and from dragons (heraldic symbol of the [[Borghese family]]) carved in to the pedestal of the column bases. The engineering was carried out by [[Giovanni Vasanzio]] and [[Flaminio Ponzi]], and the fountain, attached to the facade of the building, was designed by [[Giovanni Fontana]].<ref>Roisecco, page 603. Entry with drawing of Fountain in situ on the wall of the palace.]</ref> Previously, the area in front of the fountain was called Piazza San Vincenzo Pallotti. The cost of making the fountain was almost 4000 scudi, estimated in 2006 to be the equivalent of 4 million euros.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2XFvbYg Il Fontanone di ponte Sisto che fu difeso dal 'Times'], arcticle by Claudio Rendina in ''Repubblica'', 02/19/2019.</ref>
The fountain at the north bank was disassembled in the late 19th-century.During the occupation of Rome by Napoleonic forces in the early 19th century, the papal symbol atop the fountain was removed. By the 1870s, the northern banks flanking the Tiber, a strip of land prone to flooding, were cleared in order to build the [[Lungotevere]], leading to the dismantlement of the fountain in 1879, many of the stones were used for landfill. Over the next decades, this was viewed as an act of cultural hubris, and disrepect for the Renaissance scultpture. The council of Rome decided to re-erect the fountain in its new location in 1898, even though the architect Angelo Vescovali could only find about half the original stones of the monument.<ref>Rome Art Lover.</ref><ref>C. Rendina article.</ref> The fountain, now facing the bridge from the opposite bank, is a busy park.</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1612]]
[[Category:Fountains in Rome]]
[[Category:Rome R. XIII Trastevere]]
[[Category:1612 establishments in Italy]]
[[Category:Sculptures of dragons]]
The '''Fontana''' or '''Fontanone di Ponte Sisto''', once known as the '''Fontanone dei Cento Preti''', is an early 17th-century, monumental fountain now located on Piazza Trilusso, facing the south end of the [[Ponte Sisto]], in [[Trastevere]], Rome, Italy. It was reconstructed here in the late 19th century, originally erected across the river, attached to the former building of the Collegio Ecclesiastico.
==History==
[[Image:G.Vasi - Collegio Ecclesiastico a Ponte Sisto.jpg|thumb|Fountain on the facade of the Collegio Ecclesiastico (on right, below roofline clock), engraved in 1759 by Giuseppe Vasi]]
[[File:FontanaDiPonteSistoByRoeslerFranz.jpg|thumb|Depiction of fountain (mid-19th-century) showing relationship to bridge prior to demolition]]
relation to ponte sisto
[[File:I Fontanoni dell'acqua Paola.jpg|thumb|View shows the present relationship of the fountain to the Acqua Paola higher up on the Gianiculum hill]]
In 1587, a hospice for the indigent was established at the north end of the Ponte Sisto by Pope [[Sixtus V]]. The building, erected by [[Domenico Fontana]], and included a large chapel or church (no longer extant), dedicated to St Francis of Assisi (''San Francesco a Ponte Sisto'' or ''San Francesco ai Mendicanti''). Originally called the ''Ospizio dei Mendicanti'', the uses of this hospice building altered over the centuries. In the early 1700s, under Pope [[Clement XI]], the male beggars were moved to the hospice at [[San Michele a Ripa]], and a section of the building, entered through the present Via delle Zoccolette, became the hospice or conservatory for the ''Zitelle Mendicanti'' (maidens or girls who were beggars). This hospice, called the ''Zoccolette'' was established under Pope [[Innocent XII]], and functioned into the 19th-century, when it was renamed the ''Conservatorio di Santi Clemente e Crescentino'' under the administration by the Padri delle Scuole Pie.
<ref>[https://ift.tt/2XJca7e Roma antica e moderna o sia nuova descrizione di tutti gl'edifici antichi et moderni], Volume 1; by Gregoire Roisecco; Stamperia Pucinelli, Rome (1750); page 601.</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2J6X4iU Accurata, E Succinta Descrizione Topografica, E Istorica Di Roma], Volume 1; by Ridolfino Venuti; Presso Carlo Barbellieni, Rome (1766); page 228.</ref> The name Zoccolette was likely derived from the clog, ''zoccolo'', given to the girls to shod their feet.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2LQMCOs Rome Art Lover, entry on area.</ref> The portion of the building accessed from the Via dei Pettinari (old Via Gulia) became a hospice for indigent retired priests (''Ospicio dei Centi Preti''), and later became a seminary, the ''Collegio Ecclesiastico''. In the mid-19th century, part of this unit functioned as a military hospital.
It was to this latter ''seminary'' building in Rione Regula, that under Pope [[Paul V]] (Borghese), it was decided to build this fountain, in which to funnel water from the [[Fontana dell'Acqua Paola|Acqua Paola]] on the [[Gianiculum]], across the river through pipes carried by the Ponte Sisto. The fountain built of stone and travertine marble discharged water from various sites: the top basin (still present but no longer participating in hydraulics) was filled by jets above, and then overflowed to the larger basin below. Additionally, water spouted from both the mouths of two lion faces and from dragons (heraldic symbol of the [[Borghese family]]) carved in to the pedestal of the column bases. The engineering was carried out by [[Giovanni Vasanzio]] and [[Flaminio Ponzi]], and the fountain, attached to the facade of the building, was designed by [[Giovanni Fontana]].<ref>Roisecco, page 603. Entry with drawing of Fountain in situ on the wall of the palace.]</ref> Previously, the area in front of the fountain was called Piazza San Vincenzo Pallotti. The cost of making the fountain was almost 4000 scudi, estimated in 2006 to be the equivalent of 4 million euros.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2XFvbYg Il Fontanone di ponte Sisto che fu difeso dal 'Times'], arcticle by Claudio Rendina in ''Repubblica'', 02/19/2019.</ref>
The fountain at the north bank was disassembled in the late 19th-century.During the occupation of Rome by Napoleonic forces in the early 19th century, the papal symbol atop the fountain was removed. By the 1870s, the northern banks flanking the Tiber, a strip of land prone to flooding, were cleared in order to build the [[Lungotevere]], leading to the dismantlement of the fountain in 1879, many of the stones were used for landfill. Over the next decades, this was viewed as an act of cultural hubris, and disrepect for the Renaissance scultpture. The council of Rome decided to re-erect the fountain in its new location in 1898, even though the architect Angelo Vescovali could only find about half the original stones of the monument.<ref>Rome Art Lover.</ref><ref>C. Rendina article.</ref> The fountain, now facing the bridge from the opposite bank, is a busy park.</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1612]]
[[Category:Fountains in Rome]]
[[Category:Rome R. XIII Trastevere]]
[[Category:1612 establishments in Italy]]
[[Category:Sculptures of dragons]]
July 13, 2019 at 06:39AM
