Aqueducts: The Answer to Rome's Water Problems
Aqueducts: The Answer to Rome's Water Problems Rome’s first raised aqueduct, Aqua Anio Vetus, was built in 273 BC; prior to that, residents living at higher elevations had to depend on local creeks for their water.
Over this time period, there were only 2 other technologies capable of offering water to elevated areas, subterranean wells and cisterns, which amassed rainwater. In the early 16th century, the city began to use the water that flowed below the ground through Acqua Vergine to furnish water to Pincian Hill. Throughout the time of its initial construction, pozzi (or manholes) were located at set intervals alongside the aqueduct’s channel. Though they were originally manufactured to make it possible to support the aqueduct, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi began using the manholes to collect water from the channel, starting when he obtained the property in 1543. Apparently, the rainwater cistern on his property wasn’t sufficient to satisfy his needs. Via an orifice to the aqueduct that ran underneath his property, he was in a position to reach his water demands.
The Father Of Rome's Public Fountain Design
The Father Of Rome's Public Fountain Design
In Rome’s city center, there are countless easily recognized public fountains. One of the finest sculptors and artists of the 17th century, virtually all of them were designed, conceptualized and constructed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Also a city architect, he had abilities as a water feature developer, and marks of his life's work are obvious throughout the avenues of Rome. Eventually travelling to Rome to fully reveal their artwork, primarily in the form of public water fountains, Bernini’s father, a famed Florentine sculptor, guided his young son. An exemplary workman, Bernin received praise and the patronage of popes and well known painters. His sculpture was initially his claim to popularity. Most famously in the Vatican, he used a base of experience in historical Greek architecture and melded it effortlessly with Roman marble. Though he was influenced by many, Michelangelo had the most profound impact on him, both personally and professionally.
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Prior to 273, when the first elevated aqueduct, Aqua Anio Vetus, was constructed in Rome, inhabitants who resided on hills had to travel further down to gather their water from natural sources....
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