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Léon Bonnat, Roman Girl drinking at a Fountain (1875) The city of Rome began installing nasoni in the 1870s to provide a water supply for citizens. The exact year is not known: sources note both 1872 [5] and 1874 [6] as the first time a nasone was installed. The fountains' design went unchanged for decades.
Acqua Vergine Antica, which travels underground through some of the same channels constructed by Agrippa's engineers, proceeds into Rome on the northeast under Via di Pietralata, at a point formerly called Fosso Pietralata, crosses Via Nomentana, flows westward toward and through the park of Villa Ada, passes under the western limits of the ...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks about the tornado that touched down in Rome, NY on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Tense Times Hochul said the state is committed to doing whatever it takes to ...
For more than two thousand years fountains have provided drinking water and decorated the piazzas of Rome. During the Roman Empire, in 98 AD, according to Sextus Julius Frontinus, the Roman consul who was named curator aquarum or guardian of the water of the city, Rome had nine aqueducts which fed 39 monumental fountains and 591 public basins, not counting the water supplied to the Imperial ...
A look at the destruction atop St. Mary's Church on West Liberty Street in Rome, NY on Saturday, July 20, 2024. “We’ll evaluate every situation and be evaluated by the county and the city ...
Rome's skyline is forever changed after a severe storm ripped through Oneida County, leaving Rome the most damaged and more than 15,000 without power Major storm, possible tornado, leaves Rome ...
Outside of western New York, an EF0 was reported near Forestport in Oneida County. July 16, 2024 – A high-end EF2 tornado passed through Rome, causing widespread property damage. [25] [7] EF1 tornados struck Lee north of Rome and Canastota west of Rome, killing one. Several other EF1 and EF0 tornados were reported to the east of Rome through ...
Fontana dell'Acqua Paola (detail) The Fontana dell'Acqua Paola was inspired by the popularity of the Fontana dell'Acqua Felice, built in 1585–1588 by Pope Sixtus V.Pope Paul V decided to rebuild and extend the ruined Acqua Traiana aqueduct built by the Emperor Trajan in order to create a source of clean drinking water for the residents of the Janiculum Hill, who were forced to take their ...