The Source of Modern Outdoor Fountains

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The Source of Modern Outdoor Fountains The translation of hundreds of ancient Greek documents into Latin was commissioned by the scholarly Pope Nicholas V who led the Church in Rome from 1397 until 1455. It was important for him to embellish the city of Rome to make it worthy of being called the capital of the Christian world. Beginning in 1453, the ruined ancient Roman aqueduct known as the Aqua Vergine which had brought fresh drinking water into the city from eight miles away, underwent reconstruction at the behest of the Pope. The historical Roman custom of marking the entry point of an aqueduct with an magnificent celebratory fountain, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V. The Trevi Fountain now occupies the area previously filled with a wall fountain crafted by Leon Battista Albert, an architect employed by the Pope. The Trevi Fountain as well as the well-known baroque fountains found in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona were eventually supplied with water from the altered aqueduct he had rebuilt.

Anglo-Saxon Grounds During the Norman Conquest

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Anglo-Saxon Grounds During the Norman Conquest The advent of the Normans in the latter half of the 11th century significantly transformed The Anglo-Saxon ways of living. At the time of the conquest, the Normans surpassed the Anglo-Saxons in building design and cultivation. But the Normans had to pacify the overall territory before they could focus on home life, domestic architecture, and decoration. Castles were more fundamental designs and often constructed on blustery hills, where their tenants devoted both time and space to exercising offense and defense, while monasteries were major stone buildings, commonly located in the widest, most fruitful hollows. The sterile fortresses did not provide for the quiet avocation of farming. The purest example of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture existent presently is Berkeley Castle. The keep is said to date from the time of William the Conqueror. As a technique of deterring attackers from tunneling beneath the walls, an immense terrace encompasses the building. On one of these terraces sits a charming bowling green: it's covered in grass and flanked by an old yew hedge that is created into the shape of rough ramparts.