Water Delivery Solutions in Historic Rome
Water Delivery Solutions in Historic Rome Aqua Anio Vetus, the first raised aqueduct built in Rome, started out delivering the men and women living in the hills with water in 273 BC, even though they had relied on natural springs up till then. When aqueducts or springs weren’t accessible, people living at higher elevations turned to water drawn from underground or rainwater, which was made available by wells and cisterns. Beginning in the sixteenth century, a newer strategy was introduced, using Acqua Vergine’s subterranean segments to generate water to Pincian Hill. During its original building and construction, pozzi (or manholes) were placed at set intervals alongside the aqueduct’s channel. The manholes made it less demanding to clean the channel, but it was also possible to use buckets to pull water from the aqueduct, as we saw with Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi when he bought the property from 1543 to 1552, the year he passed away. Apparently, the rainwater cistern on his property wasn’t adequate to satisfy his needs.
Bernini's Early Showpieces
Bernini's Early Showpieces One can find Bernini's earliest masterpiece, the Barcaccia water fountain, at the bottom of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. Roman residents and site seers who appreciate verbal exchanges as well as being the company of others still go to this spot. One of the city’s most stylish meeting spots are the streets surrounding Bernini's fountain, which would certainly have brought a smile to the great Bernini. Dating back to around 1630, Pope Urbano VIII commissioned what was to be the earliest water fountain of the master's career. The fountain’s central motif is based on an enormous vessel slowly sinking into the Mediterranean. The great flooding of the Tevere that covered the whole region with water in the 16th was memorialized by this momentous fountain as recorded by documents dating back to this time.