Fountains are a real adornment for any city. And it doesn’t matter what is their main attractivity: whether they are high, young, dancing or singing. The fountains always attract people. During the hot summer or cool fall there is nothing that gives a refreshing coolness and comfortable calmness as a spray of fountain.
There is a big number of fountains all around the world due to the fact that this is a universal feature for most of the countries, but we do have the list of the most beautiful and impressive of them.
First place in this list is taken the form of a fountain in the crater of a volcano in Abu Dhabi.Fountain-volcano is one of the main landmark options which is directly associated with UAE capital, located on the Corniche. The inside of the fountain is highlighted in orange, which creates the impression of lava erupting from the crater, and at night the fountain looks particularly impressive.
One of the most beautiful fountains of America is located in Las Vegas – a dancing fountain “Bellagio”. Every evening the fountain begins its presentation. Fountain “dances” to the music of renowned opera (and not only – in the repertoire, and Madonna, and Elton John, along with Pavarotti, Bocelli and others) and other singers.1175 jets of water go up to 80 meters high, 4500 backlight and 40 million dollars for its creation. At this amazing show on the shores of a large artificial lake we do have something that attracts tourists from all over the world. It is worth seeing.
In Rome, the fountains affect its grandeur and luxury. The most famous of them – the Trevi Fountain. The fountain is a great scene in the center of which the God of the ocean is in a shell-cart drawn by two sea horses. The path between the rocks is given to the newts. The bottom of the fountain is strewn with coins: the ancient legend, tourists who want to return to Rome, must, with his back to the fountain, toss a coin with their right hand over the left shoulder. According to unofficial estimates, the tourists daily leave on the bottom of the pool up to one and a half thousand euros – and this despite the official ban! Fortunately, all harvested from the pool money goes for the charity.
In Italy, in the ancient town of Tivoli is the fountains which are famous all over the world, including those due to its antiquity. “Fountain of the Dragon”, located in the Villa d’Este, for example, was built in 1572, the year. Parks and fountains of Tivoli Gardens are the progenitors of many fountains around the world, and even now remain one of the most beautiful ones on the planet.
Light and a musical fountain in Barcelona under the name “Magic” truly can be called one of the wonders of the world.This fountain was built as the final touch to the Universal Exhibition of 1929. Construction engineer was Carles Bungas. Shows at this fountain are annual. It is being remembered for a long time due to the visual and audible part of the performance at the highest level.
One of the tallest fountains in the world is located in Geneva. Its height is 140 meters, and the rate of water discharge is 200 km / h. It’s funny that the fountain was originally located above the River Rhone and was little known at that time. But as soon as the city authorities decided to move it closer to the center of the city it became a popular tourist attraction, and now without this fountain Geneva cannot be presented to the public.
Grand Cascade of Peterhof in St. Petersburg is a unique fountain, one of the world’s most beautiful architectural structures in all over the post-Soviet territory and not only. Grand Cascade consists of three separate staircases of waterfall cascades with seventeen steps combining their grotto.Decorations of the cascade include such features as 37 articles, 29 bas-reliefs and more than 150 small decorations.An indelible impression in 1964 Fountain Ensemble of the Grand Cascade, which simultaneously emits 142 jets of water in the most unexpected form. To all visitors, it has a bewitching effect. And even there are some rumors that this is the main fact why people do visit St. Petersburg.
Fountain-statue of People’s Friendship in Moscow – one of the symbols of the capital.Fountain pleases us with its jets since 1954 the first year, it was built under the guidance of architects of KT Topuridze and G. Constantine. Digits of its characteristics are staggering: for example, the volume of the bowl fountain is about 4000 cubic meters, the number of inkjet nozzles for about two thousand. A truly monumental structure!Management System of the fountain allows you to create different images with the jets, because their maximum height – 24 meters, so-called “parade of the jet. Unfortunately, the fountain is almost always running in normal mode. The system is almost completely worn out and it needs reconstruction.
WET Design Company in Dubai has built not only a huge fountain, but also the most expensive in the world. The construction of a grand fountain cost $ 217 million dollars. The fountain itself is located in the prestigious Burj Dubai development near a record high skyscraper, Burj Dubai and a vast shopping mall- Dubai Mall. It is the biggest fountain in the world and has lots of attractions.The jets of the fountain get up to approximately 152 meters in height, and water is being colored with 25 color projectors and 6600 lanterns. The constructions of the fountain in Dubai were announced in June of last year, along with the contest for the best name for the new attractions. 15 contestants, who proposed the name for the Dubai Fountain divided the prize of 100 thousand dirhams, or about 27,226 dollars.
Speaking of the most beautiful fountains, and you can not ignore the Ukrainian capital Kiev. In this city, a variety of fountains, but almost a symbol of Kiev became the fountain, “Dandelion” at Khreshchatyk. The fountain is small, but its unusual spherical shape in the form of dandelion is very fond of Kiev residents and visitors.
Unfortunately, in one article it is not possible to enumerate all noteworthy fountains. In a world still there are so many masterpieces of architecture, the foundation of which is that same simple water.
