Piazza dei Quiriti is a square in Rome. Submerged in the middle of the neighborhood Prati, he takes the name of the inhabitants of the city "Treats" or "Quirites", that is, Sabines, residents and co-founders Rome . Another theory sees the Quirites as the same inhabitants of Rome, so-called because they are fellow citizens, but also, above all, worshippers of the god Quirinus, that is, Romulus, elevated to the status of divinity. In the center of the square there is a fountain built in 1928 by a sculptor Attilio Selvoy ( Trieste, 1888, 1970 ). commissioned by the Governor of Rome, Ludovico Spada Veralli Potentiani of Rieti, who was commissioned by Mussolini for the city administration of the capital. The fountain is named after Fontana delle Caryatidi. The realization of the Fountain, which is considered "scandalous" due to the presence of four statues of a female nude figure, is considered one of the reasons that led Mussolini to the "resignation" of the governor in 1928 [1]. The fountain structure has a large circular lower pool, which contains an architectural base, which in turn supports the main pool, then is surmounted by a pool supported by four naked caryatids. There is a bump in the center of the terminal. Near the square stands the Church of St. Joachim, completed in 1898 according to the project of " architect Raffaele Ingami , who was supposed to celebrate the anniversary of the priestly and episcopal Leo XIII .

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