Where did Landscape Fountains Originate from?
Where did Landscape Fountains Originate from? The dramatic or decorative effect of a fountain is just one of the purposes it fulfills, in addition to supplying drinking water and adding a decorative touch to your property.Originally, fountains only served a practical purpose.
Cities, towns and villages made use of nearby aqueducts or springs to supply them with drinking water as well as water where they could bathe or wash. Up to the late nineteenth century, water fountains had to be near an aqueduct or reservoir and more elevated than the fountain so that gravity could make the water flow down or shoot high into the air. Designers thought of fountains as wonderful additions to a living space, however, the fountains also served to provide clean water and celebrate the designer responsible for building it. The main components used by the Romans to create their fountains were bronze or stone masks, mostly illustrating animals or heroes. Muslims and Moorish landscaping designers of the Middle Ages included fountains to re-create smaller models of the gardens of paradise. To demonstrate his dominance over nature, French King Louis XIV included fountains in the Garden of Versailles. The Popes of the 17th and 18th centuries were extolled with baroque style fountains constructed to mark the arrival points of Roman aqueducts.
Indoor plumbing became the key source of water by the end of the 19th century thereby restricting urban fountains to mere decorative elements. Fountains using mechanical pumps instead of gravity allowed fountains to provide recycled water into living spaces as well as create unique water effects.
Modern fountains are used to embellish community spaces, honor individuals or events, and enhance recreational and entertainment events.
Water Transport Strategies in Ancient Rome
Water Transport Strategies in Ancient Rome Rome’s 1st raised aqueduct, Aqua Anio Vetus, was built in 273 BC; before that, citizens living at higher elevations had to depend on natural springs for their water. Throughout this time period, there were only two other systems capable of offering water to elevated areas, subterranean wells and cisterns, which amassed rainwater.
In the very early sixteenth century, the city began to utilize the water that ran below the ground through Acqua Vergine to supply water to Pincian Hill. Through its original construction, pozzi (or manholes) were added at set intervals alongside the aqueduct’s channel. The manholes made it less demanding to thoroughly clean the channel, but it was also achievable to use buckets to pull water from the aqueduct, as we discovered with Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi when he operated the property from 1543 to 1552, the year he died. The cistern he had built to gather rainwater wasn’t sufficient to meet his water needs. By using an opening to the aqueduct that flowed below his property, he was able to meet his water wants.