St. Patrick’s Well, Clonmel is a medieval Christian site in County Tipperary, Ireland, with a holy well, 12th-century church and early stone cross in a pond.
St Ann’s Well, Buxton: A Spring Sheltered by Stone
St Ann’s Well in Buxton, Derbyshire is an ancient warm spring whose 1940 ashlar fountain marks waters revered since Roman times, when coins were cast for the gods.
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi: Bernini’s Baroque Fountain in Rome
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.