The History of Outdoor Garden Fountains

The History of Outdoor Garden Fountains Pope Nicholas V, himself a well educated man, governed the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455 during which time he commissioned many translations of ancient classic Greek texts into Latin. In order to make Rome worthy of being the capital of the Christian world, the Pope decided to enhance the beauty of the city. Beginning in 1453, the ruined ancient Roman aqueduct known as the Aqua Vergine which had brought fresh drinking water into the city from eight miles away, underwent repair at the bidding of the Pope. Building a mostra, an imposing celebratory fountain built by ancient Romans to memorialize the arrival point of an aqueduct, was a tradition revived by Nicholas V. At the bidding of the Pope, architect Leon Battista Alberti undertook the construction of a wall fountain in the spot where we now find the Trevi Fountain. The Trevi Fountain as well as the renowned baroque fountains found in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona were eventually supplied with water from the altered aqueduct he had reconstructed.

A Smaller Garden Area? You Can Have a Water Fountain too!

A Smaller Garden Area? You Can Have a Water Fountain too! Since water makes a reflection, smaller spaces will appear larger. In order to generate the maximum reflective properties of a water element or fountain, it is best to use dark materials. Use underwater lights, which come in many different forms and colors, to show off your new feature at night. Sunlight is indispensable to power eco-lights during the day time while submerged lights are great for night use. Alleviating stress and anxiety with their calming sounds are some of the applications in nature medicine.

The greenery in your garden is the perfect place to situate your water feature. People will be centered on the pond, artificial river or fountain in your yard. The flexibility of water features is that they can be installed in large backyards as well as in small verandas. The ambience can be significantly changed by placing it in the best place and using the proper accessories.

Water-raising Tool by Camillo Agrippa

Water-raising Tool by Camillo Agrippa Regrettably, Agrippa’s excellent plan for raising water wasn’t discussed a lot following 1588, when Andrea Bacci acknowledged it widely. It could perhaps be that in 1592 when Rome’s latest conduit, the Acqua Felice, set about supplying the Villa Medici, there was simply no longer very much use for the equipment. The more probable reason is that the device was forgotten when Franceso di Medici, Ferdinando’s brotherdied in 1588, leading him to give up his role as cardinal and return to Florence where he obtained the throne as the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Even though there were various other relevant water-driven creations either projected or built during the late sixteenth century, including scenographic water features, giochi d’acqua or water caprices, and musical water fountains, not one were nourished by water like Agrippa’s technology.