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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 831013" data-attributes="member: 53455">A Summer in Rome (2012)The fountain of the Four Rivers on Piazza Navona, “the belly button of the world”. This fountain is by Bernini, who also designed many other masterpieces, including Saint Peter’s Square. Rival architect Borromini designed the Sant’ Agnese in Agone church just behind it, and so Bernini made the statue of the Nile avert its gaze so as to not see it because it was so ugly, and the statue of the Rio de La Plata raise its hand in defense for fear the church might collapse from poor design... Those Renaissance guys knew how to play a good joke on one another... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Nikon D3S, Nikkor 14-24mm, ƒ/2.8 G lens. Gitzo tripod.[ATTACH=full]417315[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 831013, member: 53455"] [B]A Summer in Rome (2012)[/B] The fountain of the Four Rivers on Piazza Navona, “the belly button of the world”. This fountain is by Bernini, who also designed many other masterpieces, including Saint Peter’s Square. Rival architect Borromini designed the Sant’ Agnese in Agone church just behind it, and so Bernini made the statue of the Nile avert its gaze so as to not see it because it was so ugly, and the statue of the Rio de La Plata raise its hand in defense for fear the church might collapse from poor design... Those Renaissance guys knew how to play a good joke on one another... ;) Nikon D3S, Nikkor 14-24mm, ƒ/2.8 G lens. Gitzo tripod. [ATTACH type="full" alt="51159658314_e52119b5a3_o.jpg"]417315[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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