Anglo Saxon Landscapes at the Time of the Norman Conquest

Anglo Saxon Landscapes at the Time of the Norman Conquest The Anglo-Saxon way of life was dramatically changed by the introduction of the Normans in the later eleventh century. At the time of the conquest, the Normans surpassed the Anglo-Saxons in building design and cultivation. But nevertheless home life, household architecture, and decoration were out of the question until the Normans taken over the entire populace. Castles were more standard designs and often constructed on blustery hills, where their people spent both time and space to exercising offense and defense, while monasteries were considerable stone buildings, commonly located in the widest, most fertile hollows. Anglo Saxon Landscapes Time Norman Conquest 814884442605636117.jpg

Anglo Saxon Landscapes Time Norman Conquest 814884442605636117.jpg

Tranquil pastimes such as gardening were out of place in these desolate citadels. The best example of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture existent today is Berkeley Castle. It is said that the keep was developed during William the Conqueror's time. As a technique of deterring assailants from tunneling underneath the walls, an immense terrace encompasses the building. On 1 of these terraces lies a charming bowling green: it is covered in grass and flanked by an old yew hedge that is formed into the shape of rough ramparts.

When and Where Did Water Features Originate?

When and Where Did Water Features Originate? 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 beautify the city of Rome to make it worthy of being called the capital of the Christian world. In 1453 the Pope instigated the repairing of the Aqua Vergine, an ancient Roman aqueduct which had carried clean drinking water into the city from eight miles away. The ancient Roman custom of building an imposing commemorative fountain at the location where an aqueduct arrived, also known as a mostra, was revived by Nicholas V. The Trevi Fountain now occupies the space previously filled with a wall fountain built by Leon Battista Albert, an architect commissioned by the Pope. The water which eventually furnished the Trevi Fountain as well as the famed baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona flowed from the modified aqueduct which he had renovated.

Water Delivery Strategies in Early Rome

Water Delivery Strategies in Early Rome Prior to 273, when the 1st elevated aqueduct, Aqua Anio Vetus, was constructed in Rome, citizens who resided on hills had to go even further down to gather their water from natural sources. Water Delivery Strategies Early Rome 9824755543177580058.jpg

Water Delivery Strategies Early Rome 9824755543177580058.jpg

When aqueducts or springs weren’t easily accessible, people living at higher elevations turned to water taken from underground or rainwater, which was made available by wells and cisterns. In the early 16th century, the city began to use the water that ran beneath the earth through Acqua Vergine to furnish water to Pincian Hill. Pozzi, or manholes, were engineered at standard intervals along the aqueduct’s channel. During the roughly nine years he owned the residence, from 1543 to 1552, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi used these manholes to take water from the channel in buckets, though they were actually established for the intent of maintaining and maintenance the aqueduct. The cistern he had built to collect rainwater wasn’t adequate to meet his water specifications. Through an orifice to the aqueduct that flowed below his property, he was in a position to reach his water desires.