Join Joe Gartman, culture columnist for Italia! Magazine, on a journey among 80 of Rome's celebrated fountains, and find a more intimate way of experiencing the Eternal City. On foot with book in hand, or simply in imagination, each chapter takes readers on a vivid walk, enhanced with colourful, revealing photographs of Roman life. Every fountain in Rome tells a story, and every story is about Rome: her history, her legends, and her extraordinary people - poets and popes, artists and models, architects and emperors, saints and sinners.

So discover the paths in this book, with 15 different turn-by-turn walking tours, 17 maps, and 182 full-color photos. Journey from Trevi's torrents to the Naiad's naughty nymphs, and from the quiet basins in Piazza San Simeone to Bernini's mighty Four Rivers. Or perhaps find a secret fountain where tourists rarely go, and listen to the voices of the waters.

About the Author

For nine years, as Italia! Magazine's "resident historian and storyteller", Joe Gartman has written a column called "Fast Culture" as well as many articles on travel, art, and history. His work also appears in the Italia! Guides series, German Life Magazine, and online at italytravelandlife.com. A librarian and teacher by profession, Patricia Gartman found a new vocation when she began to publish photos to illustrate Joe's magazine articles. Hundreds of her pictures have appeared in Italia! Magazine, German Life Magazine and Italia! Guides.

Book Information
ISBN 9781476689241
Author Joe Gartman
Format Paperback
Page Count 277
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 363g