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| Alex in front of Triton Fountain |
After a quick consultation of the Droid and the (thankfully laminated) map found our way to the Piazza Barberini and then the Via del Tritone which luckily (unless I have had one too many) I know fairly well.
The Piazza Barberini contains Triton fountain, yay! Upon arrival in the Piazza Barbenini one will remember that I hate the Triton fountain, it’s sick and wrong and should be replaced with a Benson bubbler or a cell phone kiosk for all I care. The Triton fountain is yet another sculpture by the prolific baroque stone whittler and bronze fondler Bernini. Though I am a fan of much of his work; it seems as though he was under the weather or on some sort of hallucinogenic mushrooms when he carved this sculptural water spouting abortion. Okay maybe the Elk in Portland, Oregon is worse, but it's a close race for ugliest fountain in the world.
The Piazza Barberini contains Triton fountain, yay! Upon arrival in the Piazza Barbenini one will remember that I hate the Triton fountain, it’s sick and wrong and should be replaced with a Benson bubbler or a cell phone kiosk for all I care. The Triton fountain is yet another sculpture by the prolific baroque stone whittler and bronze fondler Bernini. Though I am a fan of much of his work; it seems as though he was under the weather or on some sort of hallucinogenic mushrooms when he carved this sculptural water spouting abortion. Okay maybe the Elk in Portland, Oregon is worse, but it's a close race for ugliest fountain in the world.
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| Via Traforo from Via del Tritone |
The Via del Tritone is lined with lots of happy 19th century buildings, some happier than others. One we stopped outside of because the architecture was so heavy handed it seemed unreal. It was as if someone had a book of architectural elements and decoration (arches, columns, balconies, key stones, corbels, cornices, urns, statues...) but had no idea how it all fit together. I suppose the common phrase "They had read the music but never heard it played"...
There is a lovely little intersection (though the traffic is crazy!) at the Via del Tritone, Vie Due Macelli and the Via Traforo (which holds the Albert, my favorite pub in Rome, which I ended up not going to this time round).
Most magnificently there is this marvelous traffic tunnel under the Palazzo Quirinale (at least I think that is what it runs under). After the dull and utilitarian tunnels in Oregon, this was a delight. Though again the traffic was craxy...(the X is for extreme).
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| Marvelous traffic tunnel |
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