Rome Segway Tour Reveals Three Interesting Facts about Trevi Fountain

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Rome Segway Tour Reveals Three Interesting Facts
about Trevi Fountain

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About Fontana de Trevi

• Your Rome segway tour will be incompleted without
  visiting famous Trevi Fountain in the district of
  Quirinale. This fountain was build by Nicola
  Salvi. This 65 feet high and 65 feet wide
  fountain was completed in 1762. The central
  figure of the Trevi Fountain is the sea god
  Neptune. Neptune riding on a shell shaped chariot
  pulled by two horses. Those two horses symbolize
  different mood of sea.

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Trevi Fountain is an Ancient Source of Water in
Rome

• This famous fountain of Rome is build in 19 BC
  and this was a source of pure water for Roman
  citizen. This fountain supply water in central
  Rome for more than 400 years. A legend of Trevi
  fountain told that, a girl led Roman soldier to
  the source of pure water which is 8 miles from
  Rome. Thus, this fountain named as Auqa Virgin
  or Aqua Virgo.

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Trevi Fountain is also a Source of Charity

• In your Rome segway tour you will find several
  visitors around the world throw coins in this
  fountain. People throw a coin to make wish of
  return travel to Rome. Every day 3000 Euros were
  collected and used for subsidize a supermarket
  for needy people of Rome.

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Trevi Fountain was Used as a Background in
Several Films

• Several movies background was Trevi Fountain
  like,
• Roman Holiday (1953) starred by Gregory peck and
  Audrey Hepburn.
• Three coins in the fountain (1954).
• La Dolace Vita (1960) starred by Anita Ekberg and
  Marcello Mastroianni.
• Gidget goes to Rome (1963)
• The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)starred by Hillary
  Duff, Adam Lamberg, Jake Thomas etc.
• Elsa and Fred (2014) starring Shirley MacLaine
  and Christopher Plummer.

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