Fontana della Barcaccia

Fontana della Barcaccia
Fountain
Fontana della Barcaccia in Piazza di Spagna, Rome
Design	Pietro Bernini
Location	Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Italy
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Coordinates: 41°54′21″N 12°28′56″E / 41.90581°N 12.48221°E / 41.90581; 12.48221

The Fontana della Barcaccia (Italian: [barˈkattʃa]; "Fountain of the Boat") is a Baroque-style fountain found at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome's Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Square). Pope Urban VIII commissioned Pietro Bernini in 1623 to build the fountain as part of a prior Papal project to erect a fountain in every major piazza in Rome. The fountain was completed between 1627 and 1629 by Pietro possibly along with the help of his son Gian Lorenzo Bernini, especially after his father's death on August 29, 1629.