The Many Good Reasons to Include a Fountain

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The area outside your home can be polished up by including a wall or a garden fountain to your landscaping or garden project. Any number of current designers and fountain artisans have found ideas in the fountains and water features of the past. You can also reinforce the connection to the past by including one of these to your home's interior design. In addition to the positive attributes of garden fountains, they also produce water and moisture which goes into the air, thereby, attracting birds as well as other creatures and harmonizing the environment. For example, birds lured by a fountain or birdbath can be useful because they fend off irritating flying insects.

Wall fountains are a good option if your yard is small because they do not require much space in contrast to a spouting or cascading fountain. Either a freestanding fountain with an even back and an attached basin set against a fence or a wall, or a wall-mounted style which is self-contained and hangs on a wall, are some of the possibilities from which you can choose. A water feature can be added to an existing wall if you include some kind of fountain mask as well as a basin to gather the water below. It is best not to undertake this job yourself as skilled plumbers and masons are best suited to do this type of work.

The Effect of the Norman Conquest on Anglo Saxon Landscaping

The Effect of the Norman Conquest on Anglo Saxon Landscaping The Anglo-Saxon way of life was considerably changed by the arrival of the Normans in the later eleventh century. Effect Norman Conquest Anglo Saxon Landscaping 4069138769611885513.jpg

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The Normans were better than the Anglo-Saxons at architecture and horticulture when they came into power. Nonetheless the Normans had to pacify the whole territory before they could focus on home life, domestic architecture, and decoration. Because of this, castles were cruder constructions than monasteries: Monasteries were usually significant stone buildings set in the biggest and most fertile valleys, while castles were erected on windy crests where their inhabitants dedicated time and space to projects for offense and defense. Gardening, a peaceful occupation, was impracticable in these unproductive fortifications. The early Anglo-Norman style of architecture is exemplified in Berkeley Castle, which is most likely the most unscathed sample we have. The keep is thought to date from the time of William the Conqueror. An enormous terrace encompasses the building, serving as an obstruction to attackers wanting to excavate under the castle walls. A scenic bowling green, enveloped in grass and bordered by battlements cut out of an ancient yew hedge, forms one of the terraces.

When and Where Did Water Fountains Emerge?

When and Where Did Water Fountains Emerge? Himself a highly educated man, Pope Nicholas V headed the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 till 1455 and was responsible for the translation of hundreds of ancient documents from their original Greek into Latin. He undertook the embellishment of Rome to turn it into the worthy seat of the Christian world. Starting 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 reconstruction at the behest of the Pope. The ancient Roman tradition of building an awe-inspiring commemorative fountain at the location where an aqueduct arrived, also known as a mostra, was resurrected by Nicholas V. The Trevi Fountain now occupies the space previously filled with a wall fountain crafted by Leon Battista Albert, an architect commissioned by the Pope. The water which eventually provided 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.