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Fontana delle Naiadi (English: Fountain of the Naiads) is a fountain in the Piazza della Repubblica, Rome.
It was commissioned by Pope Pius IX as a display of the waters from the Aqua Marcia aqueduct.
Completed in 1888, originally showing four chalk lions designed by Alessandro Guerrieri these were then replaced in 1901 with sculptures by Mario Rutelli.
The statues on the fountain include the Naiads(or Nymphs), the virgins that live in the waters of the lakes, rivers and oceans. In 1911 a bronze statue of Glaucus, also by Mario Rutelli, was installed into the middle of the fountain, replacing a previous sculpture.
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