Robba's fountain
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The Robba fountain (Slovene: Robbov vodnjak), officially known as the Fountain of the Three Rivers of Carniola (Vodnjak treh kranjskih rek), is a fountain in the city of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It was originally located outside the Ljubljana town hall near the St. Nicholas Cathedral. In 2006, the fountain was renovated and moved into the National Gallery, while an exact copy was placed in its previous site on the Town Square.
The fountain was designed between 1743 and 1751 by the Italian sculptro Francesco Robba who, inspired by Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers on Piazza Navona during a visit to Rome, designed the fountain to represent the three rivers of Carniola: Ljubljanica, Sava and Krka. [1].
Steps respresenting the Carniolan mountains lead up to the fountain with its characteristic obelisk in the middle.
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