{"id":6460,"date":"2026-01-09T19:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/pannelli-didattici-e-mappe\/larea-a-servizio-del-fiume\/fontana-di-via-della-fontana\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:40:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:40:45","slug":"fontana-di-via-della-fontana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/educational-panels-and-maps\/larea-a-servizio-del-fiume\/fontana-di-via-della-fontana\/","title":{"rendered":"Fontana di Via della Fontana"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the construction of the city\u2019s aqueduct in the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0century AD, Ostia was provided with a series of water fountains, distributed among both public areas and the communal spaces of buildings.<\/p>\n

The appearance of these fountains varied depending on their location and visibility: in the city squares and along the main streets monumental nymphaea and fountains, whilst along the smaller lanes and inside buildings, the simpler \u201ctrunk-shaped\u201d fountains were preferred, so-called for the characteristic shape of their roof.<\/p>\n

This type of fountain, of which numerous examples survive in Ostia, is characterized by the presence of a basin (A) covered with a barrel vault and accessed through a little window (B) and in this case connected to a tank at the back (C): water could be drawn through the opening using pails or from the two spouts at the front, beneath which purpose-made depressions (D) in the floor allowed for the correct positioning of the recipients.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tSection and plan of the fountain in Via della Fontana (S. Pittas, K. Mountzouridis, D. Kunavos) A) Basin; B) Aperture for drawing water; C) Tank; D) Depressions for the positioning of the recipients.\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tReconstruction of a fountain of the \u201ctrunk-shaped\u201d type preserved in the Case a Giardino\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the construction of the city\u2019s aqueduct in the 1st\u00a0century AD, Ostia was provided with a series of water fountains, distributed among both public areas and the communal spaces of buildings. The appearance of these fountains varied depending on their location and visibility: in the city squares and along the main streets monumental nymphaea and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":6437,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-albero.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6460","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6461,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6460\/revisions\/6461"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}