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Captioning made possible by the Annenberg Cpb project as the 16th century ended and the 17th began, here in catholic rome there was a feeling of jubilation, a sense of rebirth. Pope paul v, in the year of our lord 1612, has brought water 35 miles from the healthiest springs in bracciano through new and restored aqueducts. What better way to signal the revival of the ancient grandeur of rome than to restore its renowned system for bringing water from distant mountains to the city streets . Pope pauls new water supply, the acqua paola, or pauls water as it was called, was soon rushing into the daylight from fountains all around the city. The finest of these fountains was designed by sculptor and architect, gian lorenzo bernini. It was built in the Piazza Navona which stood on foundations of an ancient stadium, a material expression of the idea of eternal rome. The city had survived 100 years of political and religious turmoil, of war and destruction. Despite invasions of european monarch

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