The people of its city originally protested its installation because it was built during a famine at taxpayer expense and because it displaced street vendors.
The people of its city originally protested its installation because it was built during a famine at taxpayer expense and because it displaced street vendors. Antonio Bernal wrote a report on its unveiling after its commission by the Pamphilj family. The artist, who also created Apollo and Daphne, was se- lected from several competitors by Pope Innocent the Tenth. The title subjects were selected as represen- tatives of the Renaissance-recognized four continents by its sculptor, Gianlorenzo Bernini. Name this sculpture in Rome's Piazza Navona [pee-ATZ-ah nah-VOH-nah] featuring the Rio de la Plata, the Ganges, the Nile, and the Danube.
The people of its city originally protested its installation because it was built during a famine at taxpayer expense and because it displaced street vendors.
Fountain of the Four Rivers or Fontana del Quattro Fiumi (accept reasonable translational