The Many Types of Wall Water Fountains
The Many Types of Wall Water Fountains
Having a wall fountain in your garden or on a terrace is excellent when you seek to relax. You can also make the most of a small area by having one custom-built. A spout, a water basin, internal piping, and a pump are necessary for freestanding as well as mounted types. Traditional, contemporary, antique, and Asian are just a few of the styles from which you can consider. Stand-alone wall fountains, commonly known as floor fountains, are relatively big and feature a basin on the ground.
It is possible to integrate a wall-mounted water feature onto an already existing wall or built into a new wall. This type of fountain contributes to a cohesive look making it seem as if it was part of the landscape rather than an added feature.
The Beginnings of Contemporary Wall Fountains
The Beginnings of Contemporary Wall Fountains Pope Nicholas V, himself a learned man, reigned the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455 during which time he commissioned many translations of ancient classical Greek texts into Latin. He undertook the embellishment of Rome to turn it into the model seat of the Christian world. At the bidding of the Pope, the Aqua Vergine, a ruined aqueduct which had carried clean drinking water into Rome from eight miles away, was restored starting in 1453. The historical Roman tradition of marking the arrival point of an aqueduct with an magnificent celebratory fountain, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V.
At the bidding of the Pope, architect Leon Battista Alberti began the construction of a wall fountain in the place where we now find the Trevi Fountain. The water which eventually supplied the Trevi Fountain as well as the acclaimed baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona came from the modified aqueduct which he had renovated.