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.
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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.
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.
Crown Fountain: Glass Towers and Water in Chicago’s Millennium Park
Crown Fountain, Jaume Plensa’s 2004 video sculpture in Chicago’s Millennium Park, pairs 50-foot glass brick towers with a thin black granite reflecting pool.
Fontana delle Tartarughe: Rome’s Renaissance Turtle Fountain
The Fontana delle Tartarughe in Piazza Mattei, Rome, designed by Giacomo della Porta and sculpted by Taddeo Landini, a late Renaissance fountain of bronze ephebes and turtles.