10 Facts About Fountain

Fountain, from the Latin "fons", meaning source or spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water.

Fountain in the Court of the Lions of the Alhambra, built from 1362 to 1391, is a large vasque mounted on twelve stone statues of lions.

Fountain decided to revive the Roman custom of marking the arrival point of an aqueduct with a mostra, a grand commemorative fountain.

Fountain's descendants became the royal fountain designers for Louis XIII and for Louis XIV at Versailles.

Triton Fountain in the Piazza Barberini, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, is a masterpiece of Baroque sculpture, representing Triton, half-man and half-fish, blowing his horn to calm the waters, following a text by the Roman poet Ovid in the Metamorphoses.

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Some, like Ruth Asawa's Andrea and the Vaillancourt Fountain, both located in San Francisco, were pure works of sculpture.

Crown Fountain is an interactive fountain and video sculpture feature in Chicago's Millennium Park.

The Organ Fountain fell into ruins, but it was recently restored and plays music again.

Multimedia Fountain Roshen is the only one in Ukraine and the largest floating fountain in Europe, built in the river Southern Buh in Vinnytsia City near Festivalny Isle .

The architect of the Trevi Fountain placed it below street level to make the flow of water seem more dramatic.