The Magificent First Masterpieces by Bernini

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The Barcaccia, a beautiful water fountain built at the base of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna, was Bernini's earliest fountain. To this day, this area is flooded with Roman locals and tourists alike who enjoy conversation and each other's company. One of the city’s most fashionable gathering spots are the streets surrounding Bernini's fountain, which would undoubtedly have brought a smile to the great Bernini. In about 1630, the great master built the first fountain of his career at the behest of Pope Ubano VIII. People can now see the fountain as an illustration of a commanding ship slowly sinking into the Mediterranean Sea. According to 16th century reports, a great flood of the Tevere covered the entire area in water, an event which was memorialized by the eye-catching fountain. In 1665, France was graced by Bernini's only prolonged voyage outside of Italy.

The Influence of the Norman Conquest on Anglo Saxon Landscaping

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The arrival of the Normans in the later half of the 11th century considerably modified The Anglo-Saxon ways of living. The ability of the Normans surpassed the Anglo-Saxons' in design and farming at the time of the conquest. Still, home life, household architecture, and decoration were out of the question until the Normans taken over the rest of the population. Castles were more standard designs and often built on blustery hills, where their tenants devoted both time and space to exercising offense and defense, while monasteries were considerable stone buildings, commonly positioned in the widest, most fertile hollows. Peaceful activities such as gardening were out of place in these destitute citadels. Berkeley Castle, perhaps the most uncorrupted model of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture, still exists in the present day. The keep is reported to have been created during the time of William the Conqueror. As a strategy of deterring attackers from tunneling beneath the walls, an immense terrace surrounds the building. A picturesque bowling green, covered in grass and bordered by battlements clipped out of an ancient yew hedge, creates one of the terraces.