An architect’s reading of Bernini’s Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi in Piazza Navona, Rome: the obelisk, four river gods, travertine and marble, and its 1651 unveiling.
Muktinath: The High Temple of Liberation and Its 108 Waters
A Nordic architect reads Muktinath, Nepal’s 3,800m Hindu-Buddhist shrine, through its 108 water spouts, ablution rite, and shared sacred ground.
Chapel of the Holy Well: A Baroque Rotunda Over Sacred Water
The Chapel of the Holy Well in Marianka, Slovakia, is a Baroque rotunda built in 1696 directly above a stream long held to heal pilgrims.
Hunter Valley Gardens: Ten Themed Worlds in Pokolbin
Hunter Valley Gardens in Pokolbin, NSW: ten themed gardens across fourteen hectares, opened 2003, with a charitable wishing fountain in the Formal Garden.
Mary’s Well, Nazareth: A Spring at the Site of the Annunciation
Mary’s Well in Nazareth, Israel, marks a site of the Annunciation. A reconstructed stone well structure tied to a spring beneath the Church of St Gabriel.
Märchenbrunnen: Ludwig Hoffmann’s Fairy-Tale Fountain in Berlin
The Märchenbrunnen in Berlin’s Volkspark Friedrichshain is Ludwig Hoffmann’s 1913 Neo-Baroque fountain of fairy tales, ringed with Brothers Grimm sculptures.