Water Transport Solutions in Early Rome
Water Transport Solutions in Early Rome Prior to 273, when the first elevated aqueduct, Aqua Anio Vetus, was constructed in Roma, citizens who lived on hillsides had to go further down to collect their water from natural sources. Outside of these aqueducts and springs, wells and rainwater-collecting cisterns were the sole technological innovations around at the time to supply water to spots of greater elevation. Starting in the sixteenth century, a newer method was introduced, using Acqua Vergine’s subterranean sections to generate water to Pincian Hill. The aqueduct’s channel was made available by pozzi, or manholes, that were positioned along its length when it was initially built. Whilst these manholes were developed to make it simpler and easier to sustain the aqueduct, it was also possible to use containers to pull water from the channel, which was utilized by Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi from the time he purchased the property in 1543 to his death in 1552. Reportedly, the rainwater cistern on his property wasn’t adequate to fulfill his needs.
That is when he made a decision to create an access point to the aqueduct that ran below his property.
The Source of Modern Outdoor Fountains
The Source of Modern Outdoor Fountains The translation of hundreds of classic Greek texts into Latin was commissioned by the learned Pope Nicholas V who led the Church in Rome from 1397 till 1455. Embellishing Rome and making it the worthy capital of the Christian world was at the heart of his objectives. Starting in 1453, the ruined ancient Roman aqueduct known as the Aqua Vergine which had brought fresh drinking water into the city from eight miles away, underwent reconstruction at the bidding of the Pope. Building a mostra, an imposing celebratory fountain built by ancient Romans to memorialize the arrival point of an aqueduct, was a custom revived by Nicholas V. At the bidding of the Pope, architect Leon Battista Alberti undertook the construction of a wall fountain in the spot where we now find the Trevi Fountain. Modifications and extensions, included in the repaired aqueduct, eventually provided the Trevi Fountain and the well-known baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona with the necessary water supply.
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