The Results of the Norman Conquest on Anglo Saxon Garden Design

The Results of the Norman Conquest on Anglo Saxon Garden Design Anglo-Saxons felt great adjustments to their daily lives in the latter half of the eleventh century due to the accession of the Normans. The skill of the Normans surpassed the Anglo-Saxons' in architecture and farming at the time of the conquest. But before centering on home-life or having the occasion to contemplate domestic architecture or decoration, the Normans had to subjugate an entire population. 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 inhabitants devoted time and space to tasks for offense and defense. The sterile fortresses did not provide for the quiet avocation of farming. Berkeley Castle, perhaps the most pristine style of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture, still exists today. The keep is reported to have been developed during the time of William the Conqueror. A massive terrace serves as a hindrance to intruders who would attempt to mine the walls of the building. On one of these terraces sits a charming bowling green: it is coated in grass and flanked by an old yew hedge that is created into the shape of rough ramparts.

The Advantages of Including an Indoor Wall Water Fountain

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The Advantages of Including an Indoor Wall Water Fountain Add a decorative and modern touch to your home by adding an indoor wall fountain. Installing this sort of fountain in your home or office permits you to create a place for your loved ones and clientele where there is little noise as well as minimal stress and maximum relaxation. An interior wall water feature such as this will also attract the recognition and admiration of staff and customers alike. All those who come near your interior water feature will be impressed and even your most difficult detractor will be dazzled.

You can relish in the peace and quiet after a long day at work and relax watching your favorite show while relaxing under your wall fountain. Anyone near an indoor fountain will benefit from it because its sounds emit negative ions, remove dust and allergens from the air, and also lend to a soothing environment.

The First Modern Wall Fountains

The First Modern Wall Fountains The translation of hundreds of ancient Greek texts into Latin was commissioned by the scholarly Pope Nicholas V who ruled the Church in Rome from 1397 until 1455. In order to make Rome deserving of being the capital of the Christian world, the Pope resolved to embellish the beauty of the city. Beginning 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 repair at the bidding of the Pope. The ancient Roman tradition of building an imposing commemorative fountain at the location where an aqueduct arrived, also known as a mostra, was resurrected by Nicholas V. The present-day location of the Trevi Fountain was formerly occupied by a wall fountain commissioned by the Pope and built by the architect Leon Battista Alberti. Modifications and extensions, included in the restored aqueduct, eventually supplied the Trevi Fountain and the well-known baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona with the necessary water supply.