From the details in the passage, it is clear that Rome's fountains are not as well-known as those of many other cities
have been the subject of poetry, music, and prose
have helped to immortalize their designers
were all built by the Bernini family
are the main reason why tourists visit the city
The custom of throwing money into the Fountain of Trevi is supposed to provide the needy in the city with some money to spend
help people realize their wishes
pay for all the other fountains to be illuminated
give the person immortality
ensure the person becomes rich
According to the passage, one of the joys of a visit to Rome is touring around the lit-up fountains at night
listening to Ottorino Respighi's symphonies
reading books about the famous fountains
visiting the famous 18th-century shrines
strolling around the Piazza Barberini at night
113 THE PYRENEES Of all Europe's mountain ranges, the jagged and often snow-capped Pyrenees, 435 kilometres long, have functioned most effectively as a barrier to human movement. Unlike the Alps, the Pyrenees have no low foothills or hospitable valleys to ease access into and through their heights. Rather, the Pyrenees rise abruptly from the flanking plains of France and Spain with only steep gorges and steep- walled natural amphitheatres that lead to almost impassable lofty summits. The French peasant's maxim, "Africa begins with the Pyrenees," is not without a large measure of truth in emphasizing the historic significance of the Pyrenees as a barrier in the development of Spain. In the words of the American historian Will Durant, Spain's mountains, particularly the Pyrenees, "were her protection and tragedy: they gave her comparative security from external attack, but hindered her economic advance, her political unity, and her participation in European thought."
