The Effect of the Norman Invasion on Anglo Saxon Landscaping

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The Effect of the Norman Invasion on Anglo Saxon Landscaping The arrival of the Normans in the 2nd half of the 11th century irreparably altered The Anglo-Saxon lifestyle. Architecture and horticulture were attributes that the Normans excelled in, trumping that of the Anglo-Saxons at the time of the occupation. But the Normans had to pacify the overall territory before they could concentrate on home life, domestic architecture, and decoration. Castles were more fundamental constructions and often built on blustery hills, where their people spent both time and space to exercising offense and defense, while monasteries were considerable stone buildings, mostly positioned in the widest, most fruitful hollows. Gardening, a placid occupation, was unfeasible in these fruitless fortifications. The finest specimen of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture existent in modern times is Berkeley Castle. The keep is rumored to have been invented during the time of William the Conqueror. A large terrace recommended for strolling and as a means to stop attackers from mining under the walls runs about the building. On one of these parapets is a scenic bowling green covered in grass and enclosed by an aged hedge of yew that has been designed into coarse battlements.

Water Transport Strategies in Early Rome

Water Transport Strategies in Early Rome Prior to 273, when the first elevated aqueduct, Aqua Anio Vetus, was built in Roma, residents who resided on hills had to journey further down to gather their water from natural sources. If residents living at higher elevations did not have access to springs or the aqueduct, they’d have to be dependent on the other existing technologies of the time, cisterns that collected rainwater from the sky and subterranean wells that drew the water from below ground. To deliver water to Pincian Hill in the early 16th century, they implemented the new tactic of redirecting the stream from the Acqua Vergine aqueduct’s underground channel. Through its original building and construction, pozzi (or manholes) were installed at set intervals alongside the aqueduct’s channel. During the some 9 years he owned the residential property, from 1543 to 1552, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi employed these manholes to take water from the channel in buckets, though they were actually built for the objective of maintaining and maintaining the aqueduct. Water Transport Strategies Early Rome 7885254885778.jpg

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The cistern he had made to collect rainwater wasn’t adequate to meet his water requirements. To provide himself with a more useful way to assemble water, he had one of the manholes exposed, giving him access to the aqueduct below his residence.

The Earliest Recorded Water Fountains of History

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The water from creeks and other sources was initially delivered to the occupants of nearby towns and cities by way of water fountains, whose purpose was largely practical, not aesthetic. In the days before electric power, the spray of fountains was powered by gravity exclusively, often using an aqueduct or water resource located far away in the surrounding mountains. The elegance and wonder of fountains make them appropriate for historical monuments. Simple in style, the first water fountains did not appear much like contemporary fountains. Simple stone basins sculpted from nearby stone were the very first fountains, used for spiritual functions and drinking water. 2000 B.C. is when the earliest known stone fountain basins were actually used. Early fountains put to use in ancient civilizations relied on gravity to regulate the circulation of water through the fountain. Drinking water was delivered by public fountains, long before fountains became elaborate public statues, as beautiful as they are practical. The Romans began building decorative fountains in 6 B.C., most of which were metallic or stone masks of animals and mythological representations. A well-designed collection of reservoirs and aqueducts kept Rome's public fountains supplied with fresh water.