Keeping Your Fountain Clean

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In order to ensure that water fountains last a long time, it is important to perform regular maintenance. It is easy for foreign objects to find their way into outdoor fountains, so keeping it clean is vital. Additionally, anywhere light from the sun combines with still water, algae can develop. Either sea salt, hydrogen peroxide, or vinegar can be mixed into the water to eliminate this issue. Bleach can also be mixed into the water, but this is not the ideal option because it can sicken birds or other animals.

No more than three-four months should go by without an extensive maintaining of a fountain. Before cleaning, all of the water must be taken out. Then use a soft cloth and mild cleanser to scrub the inside. If there is detailed artwork, you might need to use a toothbrush for those hard-to-reach areas. Make sure all the soap is completely washed off.

It is highly suggested taking the pump apart to better clean the inside and get rid of any plankton or calcium. Letting it soak in vinegar for several hours first will make it much easier to clean. Neither rain water nor mineral water contain substances that will collect inside the pump, so use either over tap water if possible.

Finally, be sure to have a quick look at your fountain daily and add water if you notice that the level is low. If the water level falls below the pump’s intake level, it can damage the pump and cause it to burn out - something you do not want to happen!

The Source of Modern Garden Fountains

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Hundreds of ancient Greek texts were translated into Latin under the auspices of the scholarly Pope Nicholas V, who ruled the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455. Beautifying Rome and making it the worthy capital of the Christian world was at the center of his ambitions. Starting in 1453, the ruined ancient Roman aqueduct known as the Aqua Vergine which had brought clean drinking water into the city from eight miles away, underwent reconstruction at the bidding of the Pope. Building a mostra, a grandiose celebratory fountain built by ancient Romans to memorialize the entry point of an aqueduct, was a custom revived by Nicholas V. The architect Leon Battista Alberti was commissioned by the Pope to put up a wall fountain where we now see the Trevi Fountain. The Trevi Fountain as well as the well-known baroque fountains found in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona were eventually supplied with water from the modified aqueduct he had rebuilt.

The Magificent First Wonders by Bernini

The Magificent First Wonders by Bernini The Barcaccia, Bernini's very first water fountain, is a magnificent chef d'oeuvre built at the bottom of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. Roman residents and site seers who appreciate verbal exchanges as well as being the company of others still flood this spot. The streets surrounding his water fountain have come to be one of the city’s most fashionable meeting places, something which would certainly have pleased Bernini himself. In about 1630, the great artist built the very first fountain of his career at the behest of Pope Ubano VIII. The fountain’s central motif is based on a massive ship slowly sinking into the Mediterranean Sea. The great flooding of the Tevere that blanketed the whole region with water in the 16th was memorialized by this momentous fountain as recorded by documents dating back to this time. In what turned out to be his sole extended absence from Italy, Bernini {journeyed | traveled] to France in 1665.