The Wide Array of Wall Water Fountains
The Wide Array of Wall Water Fountains
Placing a wall fountain in your backyard or patio is perfect when you want to relax. You can also make use of a small area by having one customized. Both the stand alone and mounted types must have a spout, a water basin, internal tubing, and a pump. There are any number of different varieties available on the market including traditional, fashionable, classical, or Asian. With its basin situated on the ground, freestanding wall fountains, or floor fountains, are generally quite big in size.
You can decide to put your wall-mounted feature on an preexisting wall or build it into a new wall. The appearance of your landscape will seem more unified instead of disjointed when you put in this style of water feature.
The History of Outdoor Fountains
The History of Outdoor Fountains
Hundreds of classic Greek records were translated into Latin under the auspices of the scholarly Pope Nicholas V, who ruled the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455. In order to make Rome worthy of being the capital of the Christian world, the Pope resolved to enhance the beauty of the city. In 1453 the Pope instigated the repairing of the Aqua Vergine, an ancient Roman aqueduct which had carried clean drinking water into the city from eight miles away. A mostra, a monumental dedicatory fountain built by ancient Romans to mark the point of arrival of an aqueduct, was a tradition which was restored by Nicholas V. The Trevi Fountain now occupies the space formerly filled with a wall fountain crafted by Leon Battista Albert, an architect employed by the Pope. Changes and extensions, included in the restored aqueduct, eventually supplied the Trevi Fountain and the well-known baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona with the necessary water supply.