Fountain of the Tritons Fountain of the Tritons The Fountain of the Tritons (Italian: "Fontana dei Tritoni") is a fountain in Rome (Italy), Piazza Bocca della Verità, in front of the basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. This fountain should be distinguished from the similarly named nearby Triton Fountain ("Fontana del Tritone") by Bernini, in the Piazza Barberini, with only a single Triton. The building, starting from 1610, of the last Roman aqueduct, the "Acqua Paola", didn't move to the background the two aqueducts built just a few years before (the "Aqua Virgo" in 1570 and the "Acqua Felice" in 1587), which gave the
Triton Fountain (Malta) the sculptural group, however this arrangement subsequently diminished the role of the gigantic Triton figures. The fountain deteriorated in subsequent decades, until the bronze figures were dismantled and restored in 2017. Works were ready by the end of the year, and the fountain and piazza were officially inaugurated on 12 January 2018. The fountain consists of three bronze figures of mythological Tritons holding up a platter. Two of the Tritons are sitting, while the third one is kneeling, and they are balanced on a seaweed base. The face of each Triton is visible when viewed from City Gate. Their posture