Your Garden: A Great Place for a Wall Fountain
Your Garden: A Great Place for a Wall Fountain The area outside your residence can be enhanced by including a wall or a garden fountain to your landscaping or garden project. Contemporary designers and fountain builders alike use historical fountains and water features to shape their creations.
Therefore, in order to connect your home to previous times, add one these in your home decor. The benefit of having a garden fountain extends beyond its beauty as it also appeals to birds and other wildlife, in addition to harmonizing the ecosystem with the water and moisture it emits into the atmosphere. Flying, annoying insects, for instance, are scared away by the birds congregating near the fountain or birdbath. Wall fountains are a good alternative if your yard is small because they do not need much space in comparison to a spouting or cascading fountain. Two possibilities to pick from include either a freestanding type with an even back set against a fence or wall in your garden, or a wall-mounted, self-contained type which is suspended on a wall. Both a fountain mask located on the existing wall as well as a basin located at the bottom to collect the water are necessary if you wish to add a fountain. It is best not to attempt this job yourself as skilled plumbers and masons are more suitable to do this kind of work.
Aqueducts: The Remedy to Rome's Water Challenges
Aqueducts: The Remedy to Rome's Water Challenges Aqua Anio Vetus, the first raised aqueduct built in Rome, commenced providing the men and women living in the hills with water in 273 BC, though they had counted on natural springs up till then. Outside of these aqueducts and springs, wells and rainwater-collecting cisterns were the sole technologies available at the time to supply water to areas of high elevation. From the early sixteenth century, water was routed to Pincian Hill by way of the subterranean channel of Acqua Vergine. Pozzi, or manholes, were constructed at standard intervals along the aqueduct’s channel. Whilst these manholes were created to make it much easier to manage the aqueduct, it was also feasible to use containers to pull water from the channel, which was utilized by Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi from the time he obtained the property in 1543 to his passing in 1552. Although the cardinal also had a cistern to collect rainwater, it couldn't produce a sufficient amount of water.
That is when he decided to create an access point to the aqueduct that ran below his residence.