Photo Hunt 2018 No. 13 - Fountain(s)

[Kathy (Trekcapri)]

This week’s Photo Hunt No. 13 (Week of April 1, 2018) – Fountain(s)

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The Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy is by far my most favorite fountain. I make a point to visit it on each visit to Rome (no matter how short my stay is). And each time I visit it, I always throw the traditional coin over my left shoulder to ensure that I return to see it again and again.

Photo Hunt 2018 No. 13 - Fountain(s)

• Kathy (Trekcapri)
• Apr 1, 2018
• italy photo hunt 2018

Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy is my favorite fountain.

 

[joe]

Piazza de Ferrari, Genoa.
I didn't throw a coin in there because I suspect that the guys from Banca Carige come and collect them when no one's looking....

 

[Fletch]

Jaipur. The man in the photo had the job of scaring the pidgeons off the fountain by waving the flag. As you can see, he wasn’t very successfu.

 

[Eleanor]

Kathy (Trekcapri)'s picture of the Trevi Fountain reminds me of the gardens at Hever Castle in Kent. The Italianate Piazza overlooks the lake and the Nymph Fountain is said to be inspired by the Trevi Fountain in Rome.

 

[Eleanor]

The elegant fountains in Jephson Gardens at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.

 

[Bruce Pollock]

Fonte Gaia, Piazza del Campo, Siena.

 

[JustTravel]

Geneva, June 2007

 

[SMJ]

The Italian fountain in the Jardins des Luxembourg in Paris.

 

[Cameron]

The White Garden at Kensington Palace, dedicated to Princess Diana.

 

[JustTravel]

Cameron's photo reminded me of Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park
London, July 2015

 

[Colo]

Across the world there are some beautiful fountains that are works of the masters. However, for me the one thing that is missing from those works of art are the children. Here are few of my favorites. The all have one thing in common children having fun!

Savannah Georgia is a beautiful city with lovely fountains, but the sprinkler fountain downtown attracts the youth escaping the warm evenings.

Charleston built a beautiful park which opened in 1990 following Hurricane Hugo. The pineapple is the symbol for hospitality and Charleston’s Pineapple Fountain welcomes all to cool off after exploring the city.

Albeit it is the sprinkler fountain in Charleston’s Waterfront Park is the big draw for the children.

Then there is this young gentleman in Überlingen, Germany who played so hard he needed to take a quick siesta.

 

[Eleanor]

These are the sea horse and emperor fountains at Chatsworth house.

The emperor fountain was constructed for the sixth Duke in anticipation of a visit from the Tsar. A conduit was dug across the moorland above Chatsworth to drain into a newly constructed reservoir which had a sufficient head of water to project a fountain nearly 300’ into the air. Unfortunately the Tsar never came. At the turn of the C20th three turbines using the pressure of the water supply to the Emperor Fountain provided electricity to the house. They still generate about a third of the electricity needed.

 

[Eleanor]

Perhaps not strictly a fountain, but an unusual water feature at Cawdor Castle in Scotland.

 

[Eleanor]

The fountain on the upper terrace at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.