The Myriad Reasons to Include a Fountain

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You can improve your outdoor space by including a wall fountain or an outdoor garden water feature to your property or gardening project. Contemporary designers and fountain builders alike use historical fountains and water features to shape their creations. Therefore, in order to connect your home to previous times, include one these in your decor. Among the many attributes of these beautiful garden fountains is the water and moisture they release into the air which attracts birds and other wild life as well as helps to balance the ecosystem. For instance, irksome flying insects are usually discouraged by the birds attracted to the fountain or birdbath.

Putting in a wall fountain is your best option for a little patio area because a spouting or cascading fountain takes up too much space. You can choose to put in a stand-alone fountain with a flat back and an connected basin propped against a fence or wall in your backyard, or a wall-mounted type which is self-contained and hung from a wall. Make certain to include a fountain mask to an existing wall and a basin to collect the water at the bottom if you want to put in a fountain to your living area. Be sure to hire a specialist for this type of job since it is better not to do it yourself due to the intricate plumbing and masonry work required.

The Public Water Features

The Public Water Features Water fountains were initially practical in purpose, used to bring water from canals or springs to towns and villages, supplying the inhabitants with clean water to drink, bathe, and cook with. To make water flow through a fountain until the end of the 1800’s, and generate a jet of water, required the force of gravity and a water source such as a creek or lake, situated higher than the fountain. Public Water Features 9835090197642.jpg

Striking and spectacular, large water fountains have been crafted as memorials in nearly all cultures. If you saw the earliest fountains, you wouldn't identify them as fountains. The first known water fountain was a stone basin carved that served as a container for drinking water and ceremonial purposes. Rock basins are believed to have been first used around the year 2000 BC. The first civilizations that used fountains relied on gravity to force water through spigots. Drinking water was supplied by public fountains, long before fountains became decorative public monuments, as beautiful as they are practical. Fountains with embellished Gods, mythological monsters, and creatures began to show up in Rome in about 6 BC, built from stone and bronze. The people of Rome had an intricate system of aqueducts that supplied the water for the countless fountains that were situated throughout the urban center.

Water Transport Solutions in Ancient Rome

Water Transport Solutions in Ancient Rome With the development of the very first elevated aqueduct in Rome, the Aqua Anio Vetus in 273 BC, folks who lived on the city’s hills no longer had to depend entirely on naturally-occurring spring water for their demands. When aqueducts or springs weren’t accessible, people living at greater elevations turned to water pulled from underground or rainwater, which was made available by wells and cisterns. In the very early sixteenth century, the city began to make use of the water that flowed below the ground through Acqua Vergine to supply water to Pincian Hill. Throughout the time of its initial building and construction, pozzi (or manholes) were situated at set intervals alongside the aqueduct’s channel. During the roughly nine years he had the property, from 1543 to 1552, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi used these manholes to take water from the network in buckets, though they were originally built for the function of cleaning and maintaining the aqueduct. Although the cardinal also had a cistern to collect rainwater, it didn’t produce enough water. To give himself with a more streamlined way to assemble water, he had one of the manholes opened up, offering him access to the aqueduct below his property.