The Wide Array of Outdoor Wall Fountains
The Wide Array of Outdoor Wall Fountains Placing a wall fountain in your backyard or patio is perfect when you want to relax. You can also make the most of a small area by having one customized. Whether it is stand alone or fitted, you will need a spout, a water basin, internal piping, and a pump. There are any number of different styles available on the market including traditional, fashionable, classical, or Asian.Also knownas a floor fountain, a stand-alone wall fountain is normally rather big, and its basin is installed on the ground.
A wall-mounted water feature can either be incorporated onto a wall already in existence or built into a wall under construction. This type of fountain adds to a cohesive look making it seem as if it was part of the landscape instead of an added feature.
When and Where Did Water Fountains Emerge?
When and Where Did Water Fountains Emerge?
Pope Nicholas V, himself a learned man, governed the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455 during which time he commissioned many translations of old classic Greek texts into Latin. He undertook the embellishment of Rome to make it into the worthy seat of the Christian world. Reconstruction of the Acqua Vergine, a desolate Roman aqueduct which had carried fresh drinking water into the city from eight miles away, began in 1453 at the bidding of the Pope. A mostra, a monumental commemorative fountain constructed by ancient Romans to mark the point of arrival of an aqueduct, was a custom which was revived by Nicholas V. The present-day site of the Trevi Fountain was once occupied by a wall fountain commissioned by the Pope and constructed by the architect Leon Battista Alberti. The aqueduct he had reconditioned included modifications and extensions which eventually enabled it to supply water to the Trevi Fountain as well as the famed baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona.