The Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi) is the most famous fountain in Rome. Standing 25.9 meters (85 feet) high and 19.8 meters (65 feet) wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city.

One of the first things you’ll notice about the Trevi Fountain is that it’s enormous. At 85 feet high and 65 feet wide, it’s the biggest fountain in the entire city of Rome. A fountain was originally built on this spot in the mid-15th century, when the tradition of building fountains to mark the end point of an aqueduct was rekindled, but this has always been the terminus of one of Rome’s ancient aqueducts - the Acqua Vergine. The acqueduct was destroyed by invaders in the 6th century, but repaired in the 15th century by order of the Pope when the first fountain was built. The Trevi Fountain you see today, which was completed in 1762, is still served by that same Acqua Vergine aqueduct.