The Outdoor Public Fountains

The Outdoor Public Fountains The water from springs and other sources was initially delivered to the inhabitants of nearby communities and municipalities by way of water fountains, whose design was primarily practical, not artistic. To make water flow through a fountain until the end of the 1800’s, and generate a jet of water, demanded gravity and a water source such as a spring or reservoir, located higher than the fountain. Frequently used as monuments and commemorative edifices, water fountains have inspired people from all over the planet all through the ages. When you enjoy a fountain at present, that is not what the first water fountains looked like. A stone basin, carved from rock, was the first fountain, used for holding water for drinking and ceremonial functions. Rock basins as fountains have been recovered from 2000 BC. Gravity was the power source that operated the earliest water fountains. Outdoor Public Fountains 061057949.jpg

Situated near reservoirs or springs, the practical public water fountains furnished the local residents with fresh drinking water. Wildlife, Gods, and spectral figures dominated the early decorative Roman fountains, beginning to appear in about 6 B.C.. The remarkable aqueducts of Rome provided water to the incredible public fountains, most of which you can go see today.

Rome’s First Water Transport Systems

Rome’s First Water Transport Systems Rome’s 1st raised aqueduct, Aqua Anio Vetus, was built in 273 BC; prior to that, residents living at higher elevations had to depend on natural creeks for their water. Over this time period, there were only two other technologies capable of delivering water to higher areas, subterranean wells and cisterns, which gathered rainwater. From the early sixteenth century, water was routed to Pincian Hill via the underground channel of Acqua Vergine. Pozzi, or manholes, were built at standard intervals along the aqueduct’s channel. During the roughly 9 years he owned the residential property, from 1543 to 1552, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi utilized these manholes to take water from the channel in buckets, though they were initially designed for the goal of maintaining and servicing the aqueduct. He didn’t get sufficient water from the cistern that he had constructed on his property to obtain rainwater. That is when he decided to create an access point to the aqueduct that ran underneath his property.