Piazza Navona is a public open space in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. Fontana del Moro and Fontana del Nettuno are located in Piazza Navona.
Fontana del Moro, literally meaning the fountain of Moor, is a fountain located at the southern end of the Piazza Navona. The fountain has a statue of Moor wrestling with a dolphin.
The fountain was originally designed by Giacomo della Porta in 1575 with the dolphin and four Tritons, then, the statue of Moor was added by Gian Lorenzo Bernini In 1653.
The statue of Moor is surrounded by four Tritons. Triton (Greek: Τρίτων) is a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon. Triton is often depicted as having a conch shell he would blow like a trumpet.
Fontana del Nettuno, literally meaning the fountain of Neptune, is located at the north end of the Piazza Navona.
The basin of the Fontana del Nettuno, was designed in 1574 by Giacomo Della Porta, who was also responsible for the Moor Fountain at the other side of the square.
For the next 300 years, the fountain survived without statues. The fountain as it exists today was finally completed in 1878 by Antonio della Bitta, who added the imposing sculpture of Neptune fighting with an octopus.
