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Trevi Fountain

Trevi Fountain is one of the famous and beautiful fountains in the world. This fountain is located in rione Trevi in Rome, Italy, and is the largest fountain in the Baroque city. The fountain stands as high as 26 meters (85.3 feet) and width 20 meters (65.6 feet).

Trevi Fountain has one of the most beautiful sculptures in Italy, namely the design of Neptune or Oceanus in the middle and two triton, one trying to tame a horse symbolizes the cruel sea, and the other one blowing shells symbolizing the quiet sea.

Ordered in 1732 by Clement XII and thirty years later his successor Clement XIII sanctified. Trevi Fountain and completed in 1762 by Giuseppe Pannini, who replaced the allegory is present for the statue is planned Agrippa and "Trivia", the Roman virgin.

The fountain has also been a background scene of a famous movie scenes in the movie "La Dolce Vita" made Fellini, Anita Ekberg bathed when late at night in this fountain. There is also a legend that says if you throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain, you will return to Rome.


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Big Wild Goose Pagoda Fountains

Big Wild Goose Pagoda Fountains is one of the most beautiful fountain in the world, and is home to the largest musical fountain in Asia, with the light of the world's longest line. The fountain is an ancient building protected and sacred place for Buddhists, and the place is located on the southern outskirts of Xi'an City, China.
Big Wild Goose Pagoda built in 652 Fountains during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty.

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Volcano Fountain

Volcano Fountain is one of the famous fountain in the world for its beauty. And at that time became one of the places of tourism in Abu Dhabi. This fountain is located on the Corniche, Abu Dhabi, and is surrounded by apartments and buildings on one side and by the Gulf on the other.

80-foot-high fountain was built to resemble a pyramid circle, with the rungs of the four sides of the fountain up the six platforms to the top. In the afternoon, the fountain was turned into perunjukan with colored light while the water flows downward. And this fountain would look most impressive at night.

However, due to large-scale reconstruction of the Corniche, Abu Dhabi Volcano Fountain was destroyed in 2004.
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