Fountains Fountains Acadine was a magical fountain described by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus. When writings were thrown into the fountain, if genuine they floated to the top, but otherwise they sank to the bottom. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acadine"
Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark located in Grant Park. The fountain, which was designed by Jacques Lambert and modeled after Latona Fountain at Versailles, was donated to the city by Kate Buckingham in memory of her brother, Clarence Buckingham. Buckingham Fountain was dedicated on August 26, 1927. It was the official starting point for the classic US highway Route 66 that ran to Los Angeles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buckingham Fountain"
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain is a memorial to Diana, Princess of Wales. It was designed with children in mind. It is located in the southwest corner of Hyde Park in London, just south of the Serpentine Lake and east of the Serpentine Gallery. Its cornerstone was laid in September of 2003 and it opened on July 6, 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain"
Flora Fountain is a stone fountain situated in Fort business district in the heart of South Mumbai, Mumbai, India. Flora Fountain was built in 1864. The fountain depicts the Roman goddess Flora. It is now a heritage structure. It was built at a total cost of Rs. 47,000, a princely sum in those days. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flora Fountain"
A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source ( Latin fons), fills a basin of some kind, and is drained away. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fountain"
The Fountain of Wealth ( Chinese: 财富之泉) is the world's largest fountain, located at the commercial complex of Suntec City in Singapore. The fountain is made of bronze with a circular ring of perimeter 66 metres and base area of 1,683 square metres. In the design plan of Suntec City, where the buildings represent the fingers and thumb of a left hand poking out of the ground, the fountain forms the palm of the hand. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fountain of Wealth"
The Gefion fountain ( Danish: Gefionspringvandet) is a large fountain on the harbour front in Copenhagen, Denmark. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gefion fountain"
Jeanneke Pis is a modern fountain and statue in Brussels, which forms a counterpoint in gender terms to the city's trademark Manneken Pis, as it does aurally and geographically, being about the same distance away on the other side of the Grand'Place / Grote Markt. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jeanneke Pis"
The Jet d'Eau, or water-jet, is a large fountain in Geneva, Switzerland, and is one of the city's most famous landmarks. Situated at the point where Lake Geneva empties into the Rhone River, it is visible throughout the city and from the air, even when flying over Geneva at an altitude of 10 km. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jet d'Eau"
Littlefield Fountain is a monument by Italian-born sculpture Pompeo Coppini, located on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Littlefield Fountain"
Manneken Pis (little guy pee), is a Brussels landmark. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. Similar statues can be found in the towns of Geraardsbergen and Hasselt. ...more on Wikipedia about "Manneken Pis"
The Mercury Fountain is a type of fountain constructed for use with mercury rather than water. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mercury Fountain"
The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association was an association set up in London by Samuel Gurney an MP and philanthropist and Edward Thomas Wakefield, a barrister in 1859 to provide free drinking water. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association"
(Neptunbrunnen (Berlin)) The Neptun Fountain in Berlin was built in 1891 and was designed by Reinhold Begas. The greek god Poseidon (Neptune) is in the center. The four women around him represent the rivers Elbe, Rhine, Vistula, and Oder. ...more on Wikipedia about "Neptunbrunnen (Berlin)"
The Oscar S. (Solomon) Straus Memorial in Washington, DC commemorates the accomplishments of the first Jew to serve in the Cabinet of a U.S. President. Oscar Straus served as Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1906 to 1909. The memorial is a marble fountain located in the Federal Triangle on 14th Street between Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues, Northwest. It is located just in front of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. ...more on Wikipedia about "Oscar Straus Memorial"
The Peace Fountain is located next to the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine on Manhattan's Upper West Side. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peace Fountain"
The Triton Fountain is situated as one leaves the City Gate in the main Bus terminus. From here all the buses leave regularly to every town and every village in this island. The Triton Fountain in its center was designed by Maltese sculptor Vincent Apap in 1959. ...more on Wikipedia about "Triton Fountain (Malta)"
Tsikoulas is the name of a famous water fountain - dating from 1910 - on the Greek island of Limnos. Close by, another famous water fountain is found - dating from 1914 - which is known as "Kali Vrisi", meaning Good Fountain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tsikoulas"
Tyler Davidson Fountain, dedicated in 1871, is a landmark feature of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and a popular symbol of the city itself (along with flying pigs). It sits in Cincinnati's Fountain Square, a hardscape plaza at the corner of Fifth Street and Vine Street, surrounded by shopping, hotels, and restaurants that make it one of the best-known and most-visited spots in Cincinnati. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tyler Davidson Fountain"
Wallace fountains are public drinking fountains that appear in the form of small cast-iron sculptures scattered throughout the city of Paris, mainly along the most-frequented sidewalks. They are named after the Englishman Richard Wallace, who financed their construction. A great aesthetic success, they are recognized worldwide as one of the symbols of Paris. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wallace fountain"
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