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Fontana dei Dioscuri, Quirinal Palace or Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo

ROME, ITALY - MAY 09, 2017 : Dioscuri Fountain Fontana dei Dioscuri located near Quirinal Palace Palazzo del Quirinale. Rome Royalty Free Stock Photo

Fontana dei Dioscuri opposite the Palazzo del Quirinale in Piazz Royalty Free Stock Photo

Dioscuri Fountain Fontana dei Dioscuri located near Quirinal Royalty Free Stock Photo

Nightshot of The Quirinal Palace in Rome, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo

Fontana dei Dioscuri, Quirinal Palace or Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, Italy

The Quirinal Palace official residence of the President of the Italian Republic seen from the Fountain of the Dioscuri at Piazza d Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Quirinal Palace official residence of the President of the Italian Republic seen from the Fountain Royalty Free Stock Photo

Dioscuri Fountain - Rome, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo

Fontana dei Dioscuri at the Quirinal Palace or Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, Italy. The Fontana dei Dioscuri was commissioned by Pope Pius VII and was designed using an ancient granite Roman shell that had been found in the 16th century supported on top of a large basin. It was sited in front of the Roman marble "Horse Tamers" representing Castor and Pollux, found in the Baths of Constantine, with the obelisk moved from the Campus Martius between them.