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| Hotel Bernini Bristol behind fountain |
In this blog, we'll give you a look inside our hotel and a famous fountain near it.
HOTEL BERNINI BRISTOL - This is a really elegant hotel, and was a great place to stay. We were on the fourth floor that overlooked the main street. It's located on
Piazza Barberini, 23, 00187 Rome, Italy.
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| view from our hotel window at night |
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| first floor of the hotel |
ABOUT THE HOTEL -
Housed
in a 19th-century palace facing the Piazza Barberini, this luxury hotel
is across the street from the Barberini metro station and 2.3 kilometers from
the Colosseum. With
eclectic decor mixing a range of eras, the rooms and suites feature
marble bathrooms. Free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs and minibars are among the
amenities. Upgraded rooms add balconies and piazza views. Suites
feature living rooms. Breakfast
is free, while other dining options include a gourmet restaurant open
for lunch and dinner, plus a bar and grill serving American food.
There's also a wellness center offering a whirlpool, sauna and Turkish
bath, as well as a gym and massages.
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| The Triton Fountain |
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| our room |
THE TRITON FOUNTAIN - known in Italy as "Fontana del Tritone is a seventeenth-century fountain in Rome, by the Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Commissioned by his patron, Pope Urban VIII.
At its center rises a larger than lifesize muscular Triton, a minor sea god of ancient Greco-Roman legend, depicted as a merman kneeling on the sum of four dolphin tailfins. His head is thrown back and his arms raise a conch shell
to his lips; from it a jet of water spurts, formerly rising
dramatically higher than it does today. The fountain has a base of four dolphins.
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| Wolverine drawing |
WHO IS TRITON? - is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the sea. He is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, god and goddess of the sea respectively, and is herald for his father. He is usually represented as a merman, having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish
HOTEL HEROES - We didn't eat dinner at the restaurant in the hotel, but we did go up there to look around. We were surprised to see drawings of some superheroes on the wall that included Wolverine and Daredevil. You never know where you'll find a superhero!
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| Daredevil drawing in the hotel restaurant |
