The Influence of the Norman Invasion on Anglo Saxon Garden Design
The Influence of the Norman Invasion on Anglo Saxon Garden Design The advent of the Normans in the latter half of the 11th century substantially modified The Anglo-Saxon ways of living. The Normans were better than the Anglo-Saxons at architecture and horticulture when they came into power.
But before focusing on home-life or having the occasion to consider domestic architecture or decoration, the Normans had to subjugate an entire population. Because of this, castles were cruder buildings than monasteries: Monasteries were usually significant stone buildings set in the biggest and most fertile valleys, while castles were constructed on windy crests where their citizens dedicated time and space to projects for offense and defense. The sterile fortresses did not provide for the calm avocation of gardening. Berkeley Castle, maybe the most uncorrupted model of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture, still exists today. The keep is said to date from William the Conqueror's time. As a method of deterring attackers from tunneling within the walls, an immense terrace encompasses 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 shaped into coarse battlements.
The History of Garden Water Fountains
The History of Garden Water Fountains Himself a learned man, Pope Nicholas V headed the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 till 1455 and was responsible for the translation of scores of age-old texts from their original Greek into Latin. He undertook the beautification of Rome to turn it into the model seat of the Christian world. In 1453 the Pope commissioned the repairing of the Aqua Vergine, an ancient Roman aqueduct which had carried fresh drinking water into the city from eight miles away. Building a mostra, a grandiose celebratory fountain built by ancient Romans to memorialize the entry point of an aqueduct, was a custom revived by Nicholas V. At the bidding of the Pope, architect Leon Battista Alberti undertook the construction of a wall fountain in the spot where we now find the Trevi Fountain. The Trevi Fountain as well as the renowned baroque fountains located in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona were eventually supplied with water from the altered aqueduct he had reconstructed.
With the construction of the 1st elevated aqueduct in Rome, the Aqua Anio Vetus in 273 BC, folks who lived on the city’s hills no longer had to be dependent entirely on naturally-occurring spring water for their demands....
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With the construction of the first elevated aqueduct in Rome, the Aqua Anio Vetus in 273 BC, folks who lived on the city’s hillsides no longer had to rely solely on naturally-occurring spring water for their requirements....
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The first freestanding sculpture was developed by the Archaic Greeks, a distinguished accomplishment since until then the sole carvings in existence were reliefs cut into walls and pillars....
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In Rome’s city center, there are countless famous water fountains.One of the finest sculptors and artists of the 17th century, virtually all of them were planned, conceived and built by Gian Lorenzo Bernini....
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