I therefore embraced
this proposal, and my character of wisdom soon pleaded so effectually for me with the widow, who was herself a woman of
great gravity and discretion, that I soon succeeded; and as soon as decency would permit (of which this lady was the
strictest observer) we were married, being the second day of the second week of the second year after her husband’s
death; for she said she thought some period of time above the year had a great air of decorum.

“But, prudent as this lady was, she made me miserable. Her person was far from being lovely, but her temper was
intolerable.

“During fifteen years’ habitation, I never passed a single day without heartily cursing her, and the hour in which
we came together. The only comfort I received, in theessentially made with the Papal architect of time, Carlo Fontana, who was also the nephew of the original architect Maderno.

In the event you analyze the fountains individually you’ll see that they are not, in reality, Totally identical. One example is, Just about every fountain bears a distinct coat of arms which you'll be able to see when you think about the supporting pillar of the very best basin. The fountain on the ideal bears the arms of the eagle previously mentioned a dragon which is the coat of arms on the Borghese family whilst the just one on the remaining bears the arms of the upturned six-star pyramid that's the coat of arms with the Altieri family.

The water for both of these fountains emanates from the Acqua Paola