page_title: Aqua Virgo
section_title: Termini
hierarchical_section_title: Aqua Virgo / Acqua Vergine / Termini
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: La Fontaine de Trévi, détail. Rome, Italie.English: The Trevi Fountain, detail. Rome, Italy.
context_page_description: The Aqua Virgo was one of the eleven Roman aqueducts that supplied the city of ancient Rome. The aqueduct fell into disuse with the fall of the Western Roman Empire, but was fully restored nearly a millennium later during the Italian Renaissance to take its current form as the Acqua Vergine. The Aqua Virgo was completed in 19 BC by Marcus Agrippa, during the reign of the emperor Augustus. Its source is just before the 8th milestone north of the Via Collatina, in a marshy area about 3 km from the Via Praenestina. It was also supplemented by several feeder channels along its course. The name is thought to be derived from the purity and clarity of the water because it does not chalk significantly. According to a legend repeated by Frontinus, thirsty Roman soldiers asked a young girl for water who directed them to the springs that later supplied the aqueduct; Aqua Virgo was named after her.
  Along its more-than-20 km length, the aqueduct dropped only 4m to reach Rome in the centre of the Campus Martius. At its height, the aqueduct was capable of supplying more than 100,000 cubic metres of water every day.
context_section_description: Today, as in days of old, the Acqua Vergine is regarded to furnish some of the purest drinking-water in Rome, reputed for its restorative qualities. Many people to this day can be seen filling containers for drinking and cooking in its splendid fountains, including:
  Trevi Fountain
  The fountains of Piazza del Popolo
  The Cascade on the Pincio
  The Lions of the central fountain
  The Rome Group
  The Pantheon fountain in Piazza della Rotonda
  The Colonna fountain in Piazza Colonna
  The fountain of the Tortoises (Tartarughe) in Piazza Mattei
  The fountain of Campo de' Fiori
  The north and south fountains of Piazza Navona
  The Neptune Fountain
  The Moor fountain
  The fountains of Piazza Venezia
  Il Facchino (The Porter) in Via Lata
  Fontana della Barcaccia in Piazza di Spagna
  Il Babuino (The Baboon) in Via del Babuino.
caption: Trevi Fountain
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