The First Fountains

The First Fountains As initially developed, fountains were designed to be practical, guiding water from streams or reservoirs to the citizens of towns and settlements, where the water could be used for cooking, washing, and drinking. A source of water higher in elevation than the fountain was necessary to pressurize the flow and send water spraying from the fountain's spout, a technology without equal until the later half of the nineteenth century. Frequently used as memorials and commemorative edifices, water fountains have influenced men and women from all over the globe throughout the ages. If you saw the 1st fountains, you would not identify them as fountains. A natural stone basin, carved from rock, was the very first fountain, utilized for holding water for drinking and religious purposes. The first stone basins are suspected to be from around 2000 BC. First Fountains 03216592162708472.jpg

The first fountains used in ancient civilizations relied on gravity to control the circulation of water through the fountain. Drinking water was supplied by public fountains, long before fountains became decorative public statues, as beautiful as they are practical. Fountains with flowery decoration began to show up in Rome in about 6 B.C., usually gods and wildlife, made with stone or bronze. The people of Rome had an intricate system of aqueducts that delivered the water for the countless fountains that were located throughout the city.

Anglo Saxon Grounds During the Norman Conquest

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Anglo Saxon Grounds During the Norman Conquest The Anglo-Saxon way of life was considerably changed by the arrival of the Normans in the later eleventh century. At the time of the conquest, the Normans surpassed the Anglo-Saxons in building design and cultivation. But before centering on home-life or having the occasion to consider domestic architecture or decoration, the Normans had to subjugate an entire society. Because of this, castles were cruder structures than monasteries: Monasteries were usually significant stone buildings located in the biggest and most fecund valleys, while castles were built on windy crests where their citizens devoted time and space to projects for offense and defense. The serene practice of gardening was unrealistic in these dreary bastions. Berkeley Castle is probably the most complete model in existence nowadays of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture. The keep is reported to have been invented during the time of William the Conqueror. As a technique of deterring attackers from tunneling under the walls, an immense terrace surrounds the building. One of these terraces, a charming bowling green, is covered grass and flanked by an ancient yew hedge trimmed into the shape of crude battlements.