The Minoan Society: Garden Fountains

The Minoan Society: Garden Fountains During archaeological digs on the island of Crete, many types of conduits have been found. These were made use of to supply cities with water as well as to lessen flooding and eliminate waste material.

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The principle materials utilized were stone or clay. When clay was employed, it was usually for channels as well as conduits which came in rectangle-shaped or spherical shapes. These consisted of cone-like and U-shaped terracotta water lines that were distinctive to the Minoans. Clay conduits were employed to distribute water at Knossos Palace, running up to three meters beneath the floors. The clay water pipes were also used for amassing and holding water. Hence, these pipelines had to be ready to: Below ground Water Transportation: Initially this system would seem to have been created not quite for comfort but rather to give water for specific individuals or rituals without it being seen. Quality Water Transportation: The conduits could furthermore have been used to take water to fountains that were separate from the city’s standard process.

Back Story of Outdoor Water Fountains

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The translation of hundreds of ancient Greek texts into Latin was commissioned by the scholarly Pope Nicholas V who led the Church in Rome from 1397 until 1455. Beautifying Rome and making it the worthy capital of the Christian world was at the heart of his ambitions. Reconstruction of the Acqua Vergine, a ruined Roman aqueduct which had transported clean drinking water into the city from eight miles away, began in 1453 at the bidding of the Pope. A mostra, a monumental dedicatory fountain constructed by ancient Romans to mark the point of entry of an aqueduct, was a practice which was revived by Nicholas V. At the behest of the Pope, architect Leon Battista Alberti began the construction of a wall fountain in the place where we now find the Trevi Fountain. Changes and extensions, included in the restored aqueduct, eventually supplied the Trevi Fountain and the well-known baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona with the necessary water supply.

Agrippa's Amazing, but Mostly Forgotten Water-Lifting Device

Agrippa's Amazing, but Mostly Forgotten Water-Lifting Device Sadly, Agrippa’s wonderful plan for lifting water was not discussed much following 1588, when Andrea Bacci acknowledged it widely. It may be that in 1592 when Rome’s latest conduit, the Acqua Felice, started supplying the Villa Medici, there was no longer very much usage for the system. This becomes all the more tragic given how impressive Camillo Agrippa’s technology was, totally unique in Italy during the centuries that transpired between the decline of ancient Rome and the contemporary period. Although there were other relevant water-driven concepts either planned or built during the latter part of the sixteenth century, like scenographic water presentations, giochi d’acqua or water caprices, and melodious fountains, not one were fed by water like Agrippa’s device.