Talk:Trevi Fountain

Added image

A thank you to shy Wikipedian User:Wng. Wng's image gives sense to the words of the description, and this entry gells at last! Wetman 18:15, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Papal families

A recent editor, offended the the Holy Fathers' family names were mentioned, suppressed them. I have returned them. In the areas of artistic patronage and of Renaissance and Baroque princely politics, the family alliance of a pope is very often relevant. If Lorenzo II de' Medici was made Duke of Urbino, it is useful to know that the Medici Pope Leo X made the gift; Bernini's Barberini patron is a Barberini pope. This is common practice in the literature, and it aids the reader. With modern popes, of course, all this would be irrelevant. Wetman 20:54, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

That Pope Urban VIII was a Barberini is of course significant. It is not significant in the context of this article, which does not discuss who the Barberini are, or what is their significance. That Nicholas V was a Parentucelli, and Clement XII a Corsini, is, so far as I am aware, utterly insignificant. If you'd like to have "Pope Urban VIII (formerly Cardinal Barberini)," I would be fine with that, although I don't see why it matters in the context of this article. john k 23:42, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC) hi

eponymous

This is the most misused word in Wikipedia. It seems to be sprinkled in to add a bit of intellectual gravitas to articles. What is eponymous about "three coins in the fountain". Backep1 (talk) 07:17, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

relevance of 2023 attack

the fountain has been a target of previous activism vandalism. what about the 2023 attack is noteworthy enough to warrant its own section? 2600:4040:90BC:3500:D025:2DE9:787C:1AD0 (talk) 18:58, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

There is no “modern history” section, so that is the only relevant part of the modern history for the fountain. That is the only reason it has its own section. Plus it made international news. Elijahandskip (talk) 19:12, 23 May 2023 (UTC)