Acqua Vergine: The Remedy to Rome's Water Troubles

Acqua Vergine: The Remedy to Rome's Water Troubles Rome’s very first elevated aqueduct, Aqua Anio Vetus, was built in 273 BC; before that, citizens residing at higher elevations had to rely on natural creeks for their water. If people residing at higher elevations did not have accessibility to springs or the aqueduct, they’d have to be dependent on the other existing technologies of the day, cisterns that collected rainwater from the sky and subterranean wells that received the water from under ground. Starting in the sixteenth century, a new method was introduced, using Acqua Vergine’s subterranean sections to deliver water to Pincian Hill. Pozzi, or manholes, were built at regular intervals along the aqueduct’s channel. Acqua Vergine: Remedy Rome's Water Troubles 619876404169.jpg

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Even though they were initially planned to make it possible to support the aqueduct, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi started out using the manholes to accumulate water from the channel, starting when he bought the property in 1543. He didn’t get enough water from the cistern that he had built on his residential property to collect rainwater. To provide himself with a much more practical means to assemble water, he had one of the manholes opened up, giving him access to the aqueduct below his residence.

The Results of the Norman Invasion on Anglo Saxon Gardens

The Results of the Norman Invasion on Anglo Saxon Gardens Results Norman Invasion Anglo Saxon Gardens 6206771635.jpg

The Anglo-Saxon way of life was considerably changed by the introduction of the Normans in the later eleventh century. The Normans were much better than the Anglo-Saxons at architecture and horticulture when they came into power. But there was no time for home life, domesticated architecture, and decoration until the Normans had conquered the whole region. Castles were more standard designs and often erected on blustery hills, where their tenants spent both time and space to practicing offense and defense, while monasteries were major stone buildings, commonly located in the widest, most fruitful hollows. Gardening, a quiet occupation, was impracticable in these fruitless fortifications. The early Anglo-Norman style of architecture is depicted in Berkeley Castle, which is conceivably the most untouched example we have. The keep is reported to have been invented during the time of William the Conqueror. A large terrace meant for exercising and as a way to stop enemies from mining under the walls runs around the building. One of these terraces, a charming bowling green, is covered grass and flanked by an aged yew hedge trimmed into the shape of crude battlements.

Architectural Statues in Old Greece

Architectural Statues in Old Greece Sculptors garnished the elaborate columns and archways with renderings of the greek gods until the time came to a close and most Greeks had begun to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred; at that time, it grew to be more accepted for sculptors be paid to show ordinary individuals as well. In some cases, a representation of wealthy families' forefathers would be commissioned to be laid inside huge familial tombs, and portraiture, which would be duplicated by the Romans upon their conquering of Greek civilization, also became commonplace. The use of sculpture and other art forms differed through the many years of The Greek Classical period, a duration of creative growth when the arts had more than one goal. Whether to fulfill a visual craving or to commemorate the figures of religion, Greek sculpture was actually an artistic practice in the ancient world, which may well be what draws our attention today.