Fontana di Piazza d'Aracoeli Fontana di Piazza d'Aracoeli The fountain in the Piazza d'Aracoeli is a fountain in Rome (Italy), located at the base of the Capitoline Hill, in the little square with the same name. It is one of the first and simplest of Renaissance fountains that would embellish the city. Two circular basins, capture the water, the top ringed by children pouring water from jugs, while above them is the heraldic symbol of the papal family. Commissioned by Pope Sixtus V in 1589, the fountain was designed by Giacomo della Porta and constructed by Andrea Brasca, Pietro Gucci and Pace Naldini. In
Three Coins in the Fountain (song) 1990, and used in the film "Coins in the Fountain" that same year. Steve Martin sings "Three Coins in a Fountain" when attempting a sing-along in the film, "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". It was parodied in "The Goon Show", to the same tune, with the words "Three Goons in a fountain, which one will the fountain drown?" On October 8, 1966, Steve Smith sang "Three Coins in the Fountain" in a musical tour of Italy on ABC's "The Lawrence Welk Show". Three Coins in the Fountain (song) "Three Coins in the Fountain" is a popular song which received the Academy