The Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi) in Rome. The name is derived from tre vie, or junction of three roads, and the fountain lies at the end point of the Acqua Vergine, a revived ancient aqueduct that supplied Rome with water. This aqueduct brought fresh, clean water some 22 km from a source outside the city. 15th Century town planners had revived the ancient Roman custom of erecting fountains at the endpoints of aqueducts, and the first, modest basin was built here in 1453 on the orders of Pope Nicholas V. A newer, more extravagant fountain was designed by Nicola Salvi in 1730 (though it was only completed in 1762).
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