Gianlorenzo Bernini-Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

            Located in Rome, Italy, Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" is a fountain designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini for Pope Innocent X in 1651. The fountain is a composite of four major rivers of the four continents through which papal authority had spread: the Nile River in Africa, the Danube in Europe, the Ganges in Asia, and the Platte in the Americas. Above them, an ancient Egyptian obelisk is surmounted with the Pamphili family symbol of a dove with an olive twig. I like this fountain because of its complex structures and statues which ultimately express the excellent skills of Renaissance master Gianlorenzo Bernini.