t The square’s centrepiece, Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, designed by Bernini
t The square’s centrepiece, Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, designed by Bernini
Experience Piazza Navona
The foundations of the buildings surrounding the elongated oval of Piazza Navona were the ruined grandstands of the vast ancient Stadium of Domitian. The piazza still provides a dramatic spectacle today, with the obelisk of the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi in front of the church of Sant’Agnese in Agone as its focal point. The predominant style of the area is Baroque, many of its finest buildings dating from the reign of Innocent X Pamphilj (1644–55), patron of Bernini and Borromini. Of special interest is the complex of the Chiesa Nuova, headquarters of the Filippini, the order founded by San Filippo Neri, the 16th-century “Apostle of Rome”.