09/15/2025
The Trevi Fountain
This fountain is supposed to echo the origin of the aqueduct that supplies the water to the fountain. The sculptors created, in an artificial way, how rock looks naturally. I loved seeing the beautiful statues, and made a sketch of the main subject, Oceanus, while on my tour.
Seeing Trevi Fountain at night is a very different experience from seeing it during the day. During the day, the fountain is a bright white that adds to the monumental size. At night, the white rock is a little subdued, and becomes softer. There are also less people at night. I was able to go down next to the basin of the fountain, and my friends and I threw coins in, in the hopes of returning to Rome someday. Seeing the details of the fountain up close is stunning; it allowed me to fully realize the enormity of what the sculptors accomplished in carving rock to look like rock. It was such a beautiful experience.
