A Smaller Garden Space? You Can Own a Water Feature too!
A Smaller Garden Space? You Can Own a Water Feature too! The reflective properties of water means it can make small spaces look larger than they are. Increasing the reflective aspects of a fountain or water feature are possible by using dark materials.
When the sun goes down, you can use submersed lights in different colors and shapes to illuminate your new feature. Solar powered eco-lights are excellent during the day and submerged lights are perfect for nighttime use. The calming effect created by these is oftentimes used in nature therapies to alleviate anxiety and stress. The greenery in your garden is the perfect place to situate your water feature. Ponds, man-made rivers, or fountains are just some of the ways you can you can make it become the central feature on your property. Examples of spots where you can install a water feature include large lawns or small patios. The best way to improve the atmosphere, position it in a good place and use the right accompaniments.
Acqua Vergine: The Remedy to Rome's Water Challenges
Acqua Vergine: The Remedy to Rome's Water Challenges Aqua Anio Vetus, the first raised aqueduct assembled in Rome, began providing the people living in the hills with water in 273 BC, even though they had counted on natural springs up until then. When aqueducts or springs weren’t easily accessible, people dwelling at greater elevations turned to water removed from underground or rainwater, which was made available by wells and cisterns. In the very early 16th century, the city began to make use of the water that flowed underground through Acqua Vergine to supply drinking water to Pincian Hill. Pozzi, or manholes, were constructed at regular stretches along the aqueduct’s channel. While these manholes were developed to make it less difficult to sustain the aqueduct, it was also possible to use buckets to extract water from the channel, which was employed by Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi from the time he invested in the property in 1543 to his passing in 1552. He didn’t get enough water from the cistern that he had built on his property to collect rainwater. Fortunately, the aqueduct sat under his property, and he had a shaft established to give him accessibility.
Inventors of the First Outdoor Fountains
Inventors of the First Outdoor Fountains
Multi-talented individuals, fountain designers from the 16th to the late 18th century typically worked as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and highly educated scholars all in one person. Leonardo da Vinci as a creative master, inventor and scientific expert exemplified this Renaissance artist. He systematically registered his observations in his now celebrated notebooks about his investigations into the forces of nature and the properties and motion of water. Transforming private villa settings into ingenious water exhibits packed with symbolic interpretation and natural beauty, early Italian water feature creators fused resourcefulness with hydraulic and gardening knowledge. Known for his virtuosity in archeology, architecture and garden creations, Pirro Ligorio, the humanist, provided the vision behind the magnificence in Tivoli. For the many properties in the vicinity of Florence, other fountain engineers were well versed in humanistic subjects and classical technical texts, masterminding the phenomenal water marbles, water highlights and water jokes.