enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Nasone - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasone

   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.

3. Fontana dell'Acqua Paola - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontana_dell'Acqua_Paola

   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 ...

4. List of fountains in Rome - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fountains_in_Rome

   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 ...

5. Fontana dell'Acqua Felice - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontana_dell'Acqua_Felice

   The new fountain that marked the terminus of the restored aqueduct was the first new monumental wall fountain in Rome since antiquity. [ 4 ] The initial effort to build the aqueduct, by architect Matteo Bartolini, was a failure: Bartolini miscalculated the incline of the channel, so the flow of water was much less than needed reach the Quirinal ...

6. How do Ohio drinking water systems fare in testing for ... - AOL

   www.aol.com/ohio-drinking-water-systems-fare...

   You can explore testing results for drinking water systems near your home, around the state and throughout the country in an interactive map. Explore more data reports at Data Central .

7. Acqua Vergine - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acqua_Vergine

   Today, as in days of old, the Acqua Vergine is regarded as furnishing some of the purest drinking-water in Rome, reputed for its restorative qualities. Many people to this day can be seen filling containers for drinking and cooking in its splendid fountains, including:

8. Lead detected in drinking fountains and sinks of six UNC ...

   www.aol.com/lead-detected-drinking-fountains...

   In some cases, the levels of lead were much higher than the EPA’s threshold at which public water systems must reduce the concentration of lead in the water. Lead detected in drinking fountains ...

9. Rome considering limiting tourist access to Trevi Fountain - AOL

   www.aol.com/news/rome-considering-limiting...

   Rome is considering limiting access to the Trevi Fountain, one of its busiest monuments, ahead of an expected bumper year for tourism in the Eternal City, city council officials say. The Italian ...