Talk:Trevi Fountain/Archive 1

Archive 1

Reverted

sorry Wetman, what did u want to say?? did u change what I added because it was ambiguous or what? what u wrote doesn't make much sense to me... The fountain is not on the center of the omonimous "county" (rione), but on the edge, and the changes of the political division were almost all before the fountain to be built, so they obviously could not affect it. Alessio Damato 15:29, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

"According to the current political division of the center of Rome, it is placed in the rione Trevi." A perfectly true statement. But why the suggestion that its placement in Rione II Trevi is a modern one? --Wetman 22:57, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

I think you mean why I said current, since it has always been like this... The political division of the center of Rome kept on changing during the centuries, and the rione Trevi was made only after the middleages. Anyway the fountain has always been there, and in fact took its name from that. What I wrote is quite redundant, but it's better to be clearer, I think. Alessio Damato 17:52, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Clarity being my initial concern, how can one say that the Trevi fountain has been "placed in" the rione that historically grew up around it. Your understanding is correct: your edit could use some tweaking (not by me). --Wetman 23:44, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Coins

Three coins: A legend says that it is lucky to throw coins with one's right hand over one's right shoulder into the Trevi Fountain. Throwing one coin in will ensure that the thrower will return to Rome. Throwing two coins ensures that the thrower will fall in love with a beautiful Roman girl (or handsome boy), and throwing three coins in ensures that the thrower will marry that girl or boy in Rome This modern tale is a way to explain the title "Three Coins in the Fountain" without seeing the movie. The real legend is just about a coin... but Russians dispute this theory. Wetman 22:05, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)

a reported current interpretation is that two coins will ensure a marriage will occur soon, while three coins leads to a divorce. - Most websites on the topic say that you will meet a beautiful girl/handsome boy for two coins and marry that girl/boy for three coins. What is the source for this three coin divorce statement? --VTEX 20:51, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Swimming woman

The fact that swimming is not allowed might be worth mentioning, but the story of the woman swimming in the fountain seems really non-notable. Any reason why it shouldn't be deleted? 137.22.227.141 (talk) 05:10, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. An unidentified woman swims in the Trevi Fountain, and this rates a mention in the encyclopedia? Let's build consensus to remove it. Rivertorch (talk) 15:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Roberto Cercelletta

I think is a very relevant story regarding the fountain. It made it to the NYTimes: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFDA1E3BF934A3575BC0A9649C8B63 The article also has other factual information that is noteworthy

205.160.23.2 (talk) 16:14, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

TREVI

Perhaps it should be mentioned somewhere that what is now called the Eurpean Union Justice and Home Affairs (EU JHA) was originally founded at a meeting nearby the Trevi Fountain at the European Council meeting in Rome on December, 1-2 1975. Therefore parts of the EU JHA was officially called TREVI until it changed its name to EU JHA in the 1992 Maastricht Treaty. Source: TREVI —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.177.143.118 (talk) 02:16, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Building behind it?

What's that building behind the fountain? Plomp (talk) 03:46, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

I asked this question when on a tour of Rome. "The building is part of the fountain" was the best answer they could give. Just what is done in the building, remains a "secret" apparently. 138.162.8.57 (talk) 15:15, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

The building behind the fountain is Palazzo Poli. Antique Rose — Drop me a line 20:00, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Height and width

Are we sure this thing is 26m high and 20m wide? In the photos, it plainly looks wider than it is high. --Doradus (talk) 20:28, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Four years, no response. I've replaced these clearly incorrect dimensions with more realistic ones from trevifountain.net. --Doradus (talk) 13:59, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

In Popular Culture

The Fountain is mentioned in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wysZdtiWf4. 94.30.84.71 (talk) 14:28, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Ghost story

the last time I was in rome I went on a tour and as a part of the tour we stoped by the Trevi Fountain. The tour guide told us a ghost story as an explanaition for why the top right window is boarded up and then painted to look like a regular window. Has anyone else heard this story or does anyone have an alternate explanaition?--Sekela3rd 14:55, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

I was around the Trevi Fountain for about 5 hours last december, also on a tour. Had a chat with the local guide, and he didn't seem to mention about any ghost story. ĞavinŤing 04:33, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I have removed the caption about the "ghost" and the corresponding link as I don't think WikiAnswers is a reputable source. No other sources could be found to substantiate why the window is bricked. --CPAScott (talk) 16:36, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I was in Rome in 1985 and a local told me a story that a young girl lived in the building behind the fountain and that she loved to look out the window. One day, she went blind and her father had boarded up the window so that nobody could ever look out it again. Pretty sad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wenwine (talk • contribs) 14:51, 6 July 2016 (UTC) . I was also in Rome 5years ago and our Italian guide told us the story of the girl going blind

Oceanus or Neptune

It seems like there's a mistake on this page saying that it's a sculpture of the god Oceanus rather than Neptune. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.98.195.183 (talk) 19:06, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

i am an italian person: the materials aren't stone but marmo,travertino,stucco but i don't know how do they translate — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.15.140.215 (talk) 20:22, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

contribution

Hello fellow Wikipedians, I'm a student, so if I did something wrong that was not my intention, I am not an hacker or something like that. I'm contributing to this article by some translations from reliable sources in Italian. I'd like to underline that I have relaborated the sources for a question of copyright, while I'm going to verify also the already existing information. I am responsable only for my part and for the sources that i translated (origin of the name ).I am also adding some photographs, from the Wikimedia Commons repository, to motivate you better. I am part of the "Heritage and ICT" exam in the master's degree "Planning and Management of Tourism Systems" at the University of Bergamo and with this role i am contributing to the translation. Please find available the page of the university project: Wikipedia: GLAM/UNIBG/Heritage studies and ICT. If you have doubts, do not hesitate to contact me. Best, Alice Maj — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aliuni1998 (talk • contribs) 16:01, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

"...thought to be one of the causes" of what?

The full paragraph is:

"The aqueduct is still in use today, despite some interventions during which the fountain remained empty. Calcium-free water is thought to be one of the causes."

I'm really confused by this. I didn't want to just remove it unilaterally but it doesn't really make sense, and I was unable to clarify what the author meant because the source given is in Italian. 2600:387:C:7215:0:0:0:9 (talk) 23:28, 23 November 2021 (UTC)