Fendi to finance more fountain restorations after Trevi

(ANSA) - Rome, November 6 - Fendi fashion house has announced it will finance the restoration of four more symbolic Rome fountains.
    The luxury designer has already footed the bill for the restoration of the iconic Trevi Fountain, as well as the Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains) complex in Rome's historic central district.
    Now it will invest 300,000 euros for maintenance and minor restorations on the Janiculum Fountain, the Fountain of Moses, the Fountain of the Nymph, and the Peschiera Fountain. The Janiculum Fountain - also known as the Fontanone (the Big Fountain) - is formally known as Acqua Paola, and sits at the top of the Janiculum Hill at the San Pancrazio gate and is the terminus of the Acqua Paola aqueduct, which Pope Paul V restored between 1608 and 1610.
    It also features prominently in the opening sequences of Paolo Sorrentino's 2103 Oscar-winning film The Great Beauty, The Fountain of the Nymph on the Pincio Hill is one of the symbolic works of Italian Neoclassical architect and urban designer Giuseppe Valadier (1762-1839).
    The Fountain of Moses in Piazza San Bernardo was erected between 1585 and 1589 as a display for the terminus of the Acqua Felice aqueduct.
    It was commissioned by Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590), it was designed by Giovanni and Domenico Fontana.
    The Peschiera Fountain in Piazzale degli Eroi, built of masonry, travertine and cement in 1949 in view of the 1950 Jubilee or Holy Year, is the terminus for the Peschiera aqueduct, considered one of Europe's largest.
    The fountain was inaugurated in a solemn ceremony presided over by then-President Luigi Einaudi.
    "This is Fendi's act of love for Rome," said Fendi President and CEO Pietro Beccari when the Trevi Fountain was turned back on earlier this week after months of being covered in scaffolding.
    "Since the house was founded in 1925, Rome has been an inexhaustible source of inspiration for Fendi...its fountains are one of the symbols of the capital, but also a recurring theme in our history," he said. The love story between Fendi, the Eternal City and its memorable fountains goes back a long way. In 1977, Fendi celebrated Rome's fountains in Histoire d'Eau (History of Water), the first fashion film in history created to present its first ready-to-wear collection designed by Karl Lagerfeld.