LEGO Architecture Trevi Fountain Building Instructions page 4

History
The imposing fountain sits at the junction of
three roads, or tre vie, which many believe
gave the fountain its name, and marks the
terminal point of one of the original aqueducts
that supplied water to ancient Rome. Built by
Marcu Vipsanius Agrippa in 19 BC, the Aqua
Virgo aqueduct was over 13 miles (21 km) long
and even then had a fountain at its terminus.
The aqueduct and fountain served Rome for
over 400 years, but after the invasion of the
Goths in AD 537, the aqueduct was cut off
and the final portion abandoned, forcing the
medieval Romans to draw water from wells
and the River Tiber. It would be over 1,000
years, and the advent of the Early Renaissance
period, before a fountain would again stand in
the location we know today.
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