The Source of Today's Wall Fountains
The Source of Today's Wall Fountains
Himself a learned man, Pope Nicholas V headed the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 till 1455 and was responsible for the translation of hundreds of age-old documents from their original Greek into Latin. It was important for him to embellish the city of Rome to make it worthy of being known as the capital of the Christian world. Restoration of the Acqua Vergine, a desolate Roman aqueduct which had carried fresh drinking water into the city from eight miles away, began in 1453 at the bidding of the Pope. The ancient Roman custom of marking the entry point of an aqueduct with an magnificent celebratory fountain, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V. The architect Leon Battista Alberti was commissioned by the Pope to build a wall fountain where we now find the Trevi Fountain. Adjustments and extensions, included in the repaired 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.
The Outdoor Fountains
The Outdoor Fountains Water fountains were initially practical in function, used to bring water from canals or creeks to towns and villages, providing the residents with fresh water to drink, wash, and prepare food with. To make water flow through a fountain until the end of the 1800’s, and produce a jet of water, mandated gravity and a water source such as a creek or reservoir, positioned higher than the fountain. Inspiring and spectacular, large water fountains have been crafted as monuments in nearly all cultures. When you see a fountain nowadays, that is not what the first water fountains looked like. The very first recognized water fountain was a rock basin carved that was used as a container for drinking water and ceremonial functions. The first stone basins are suspected to be from around 2000 BC. The jet of water appearing from small jets was pushed by gravity, the only power source creators had in those days. Drinking water was provided by public fountains, long before fountains became elaborate public statues, as beautiful as they are functional. Fountains with embellished Gods, mythological beasts, and creatures began to show up in Rome in about 6 BC, built from rock and bronze.
The City of Rome had an elaborate system of aqueducts that supplied the water for the many fountains that were situated throughout the community.
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