This is a beautiful fountain located in Piazza Mattei with sculptures of adolescents, turtles and dolphins. There are a few replicas of this fountain in the USA and a romantic tale is linked to it.

This fountain featuring a Turtle being held up by the hands of sculpted people on the rim of the fountain drew our attention in this city of fountains. There is an interesting story to it which I will lets you discover for yourselves

This is a great little fountain that we found walking from the Pantheon to Colosseum, lovely Architecture and a bonus it wasn’t surrounded by tourists.

When I lived in Rome as a teenager, this was one of my favorite fountains in Rome. There was something whimsical about it then and still today. TheTurtle Fountain was built by Taddeo Landini between 1581-1588. The fountain is considered one of Rome's finest, and...More

This is a beautiful fountain near the Largo di Torre Argentina and Jewish Ghetto adorned with turtles placed there by Bernini. It's very charming!

Fontana delle Tartarughe is a small fountain near to largo Di Torre Argentina. The fountain had been built in the 16th century with four men standing on a fish with turtles lying above them. Quite interesting but easily missed out during the visit to the...More

This is a nice small fountain that was built in the 16th century. Bernini added the turtles to it. It can be easily overlooked for the more grander fountains in Rome.