Contemporary Garden Decor: Outdoor Fountains and their Roots

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The incredible architecture of a fountain allows it to provide clean water or shoot water high into air for dramatic effect and it can also serve as an excellent design feature to complement your home.

Originally, fountains only served a functional purpose. People in cities, towns and villages received their drinking water, as well as water to bathe and wash, from aqueducts or springs in the vicinity. Up until the nineteenth, fountains had to be higher and closer to a water supply, including aqueducts and reservoirs, in order to benefit from gravity which fed the fountains. Fountains were not only utilized as a water source for drinking water, but also to adorn homes and celebrate the designer who created it. Animals or heroes made of bronze or stone masks were often utilized by Romans to beautify their fountains. During the Middle Ages, Muslim and Moorish garden designers included fountains in their designs to mimic the gardens of paradise. The fountains found in the Gardens of Versailles were intended to show the power over nature held by King Louis XIV of France. The Romans of the 17th and 18th centuries manufactured baroque decorative fountains to glorify the Popes who commissioned them as well as to mark the spot where the restored Roman aqueducts entered the city.

The end of the 19th century saw the rise in usage of indoor plumbing to supply drinking water, so urban fountains were relegated to strictly decorative elements. Amazing water effects and recycled water were made possible by replacing the force of gravity with mechanical pumps.

Embellishing city parks, honoring people or events and entertaining, are some of the purposes of modern-day fountains.

Wall Fountains: The Minoan Culture

Wall Fountains: The Minoan Culture During archaeological excavations on the island of Crete, many varieties of conduits have been identified. They were used for water supply as well as removal of storm water and wastewater. They were for the most part made from terracotta or stone. Anytime clay was employed, it was frequently for channels as well as water pipes which came in rectangular or spherical shapes. There are a couple of good examples of Minoan clay pipes, those with a shortened cone shape and a U-shape which haven’t been caught in any society ever since. Clay pipes were utilized to administer water at Knossos Palace, running up to three meters under the flooring. The clay water pipes were furthermore used for amassing and holding water. This called for the clay conduits to be capable of holding water without losing it. Below ground Water Transportation: This particular system’s undetectable nature might suggest that it was initially planned for some kind of ritual or to circulate water to limited communities. Quality Water Transportation: Bearing in mind the indicators, several historians propose that these water lines were not attached to the popular water delivery process, offering the residence with water from a distinctive source.