Your Patio: An Ideal Place for a Fountain
Your Patio: An Ideal Place for a Fountain The addition of a wall water feature or an outdoor garden fountain is a great way to beautify your yard or garden design. Modern-day artists and fountain builders alike use historic fountains and water features to shape their creations. You can also strengthen the link to the past by adding one of these to your home's interior design.
The water and moisture garden fountains release into the environment draws birds and other creatures, and also balances the ecosystem, all of which contribute to the benefits of including one of these beautiful water features. Birds enticed by a fountain or bird bath often scare away irritating flying invaders, for instance. The space necessary for a cascading or spouting fountain is considerable, so a wall fountain is the ideal size for a small yard. Two possibilities to pick from include either a freestanding type with an even back set against a fence or wall in your garden, or a wall-mounted, self-contained type which hangs on a wall. Both a fountain mask placed on the existing wall as well as a basin located at the bottom to collect the water are necessary if you wish to add a fountain. Be sure to work with a professional for this type of job since it is better not to do it yourself due to the intricate plumbing and masonry work involved.
Rome’s Early Water Transport Systems
Rome’s Early Water Transport Systems
Prior to 273, when the first elevated aqueduct, Aqua Anio Vetus, was made in Roma, inhabitants who dwelled on hills had to go further down to collect their water from natural sources. Throughout this time period, there were only two other innovations capable of delivering water to elevated areas, subterranean wells and cisterns, which accumulated rainwater. To supply water to Pincian Hill in the early sixteenth century, they utilized the emerging approach of redirecting the movement from the Acqua Vergine aqueduct’s underground network. Throughout the length of the aqueduct’s network were pozzi, or manholes, that gave entry. While these manholes were provided to make it less difficult to manage the aqueduct, it was also feasible to use containers to remove water from the channel, which was done by Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi from the time he purchased the property in 1543 to his death in 1552. He didn’t get enough water from the cistern that he had built on his residential property to collect rainwater. Thankfully, the aqueduct sat directly below his property, and he had a shaft established to give him access.
The Source of Today's Outdoor Water Fountains
The Source of Today's Outdoor Water Fountains Pope Nicholas V, himself a well educated man, ruled the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455 during which time he commissioned many translations of ancient classic Greek documents into Latin.
He undertook the beautification of Rome to turn it into the worthy seat of the Christian world. In 1453 the Pope commissioned the rebuilding of the Aqua Vergine, an historic Roman aqueduct which had carried fresh drinking water into the city from eight miles away. The ancient Roman tradition of building an awe-inspiring commemorative fountain at the point where an aqueduct arrived, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V. The architect Leon Battista Alberti was directed by the Pope to build a wall fountain where we now see the Trevi Fountain. The aqueduct he had refurbished included modifications and extensions which eventually allowed it to supply water to the Trevi Fountain as well as the renowned baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona.