Inventors of the First Water Fountains

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Often serving as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and discerning scholars, all in one, fountain designers were multi-talented individuals from the 16th to the later part of the 18th century. Exemplifying the Renaissance artist as a creative legend, Leonardo da Vinci toiled as an inventor and scientific expert. He carefully documented his ideas in his now famed notebooks, after his tremendous interest in the forces of nature inspired him to investigate the attributes and movement of water. Early Italian water feature builders changed private villa settings into inspiring water exhibits complete of emblematic meaning and natural elegance by combining imagination with hydraulic and horticultural experience. The magnificence in Tivoli were developed by the humanist Pirro Ligorio, who was celebrated for his capabilities in archeology, engineering and garden design. For the many lands close to Florence, other water fountain developers were well versed in humanistic topics and classical technical texts, masterminding the excellent water marbles, water attributes and water jokes.

Original Water Supply Techniques in Rome

Original Water Supply Techniques in Rome Prior to 273, when the first elevated aqueduct, Aqua Anio Vetus, was made in Rome, citizens who lived on hillsides had to go even further down to collect 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 techniques of the time, cisterns that gathered rainwater from the sky and subterranean wells that received the water from under ground. From the early sixteenth century, water was routed to Pincian Hill by using the subterranean channel of Acqua Vergine. Pozzi, or manholes, were constructed at standard intervals along the aqueduct’s channel. Even though they were primarily manufactured to make it possible to support the aqueduct, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi began using the manholes to accumulate water from the channel, opening when he obtained the property in 1543. Even though the cardinal also had a cistern to collect rainwater, it didn’t supply sufficient water. To provide himself with a more effective way to obtain water, he had one of the manholes opened up, giving him access to the aqueduct below his property.