19 amazing fountains you haven't seen yet
Most of us, if not seen firsthand, then certainly know from movies and postcards the famous Trevi Fountain in Rome. Of course, Trevi, like other world-famous fountains, is a real work of art, but it seems to us that no less beautiful and talented sculptures with flowing water have been created in the world.
The Water Boat fountain ("boat"," vessel") is located on Malvarrosa beach in Valencia, Spain.
Fountain clock at Osaka Railway station, Japan. The structure shows the time, floral patterns, and a falling wall of water.
The Charybdis Whirlpool fountain was created by sculptor William Pye in 2000 for the luxury Seaham Hotel and Spa in Northern England. Charybdis is the name of the siren from Homer's Odyssey, who was struck by Zeus ' lightning and turned into a whirlpool as punishment for stealing cattle from Hercules.
The Nine Soaring Fountains was designed by Japanese-American architect Isamu Noguchi for the Osaka World's Fair in 1970.
The 24-meter fountain was opened in 2009 in a shopping mall in Dubai.
The fountain-sculpture Metalmorphosis-the work of Czech sculptor David Cerny with a height of 7.6 meters and a weight of 14 tons-consists of two dozen steel plates that rotate independently of each other.
The fountain "Mother Earth" was presented in 2013 at the exhibition Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal. Currently closed.
The giant staircase of water begins at the statue of Hercules in the German city of Kassel and ends at the large lake of the Wilhelmshee Palace. The structure first started operating in 1714.
The fountain "God, our Father, on the rainbow" in Stockholm was designed by the Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.
Keller Fountain Park opened in Portland in 1970. The main attraction of the park is the Keller Fountain, the creation of Angela Danadzhieva.
Fountain at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington.
Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Fountain, Ancient City, Thailand.
The Stravinsky Fountain in Paris is decorated with 16 moving sculptures representing the works of the composer Igor Stravinsky.
The Magic Fountain of Montjuic, Barcelona. It was built to the design of Carlos Buigas in 1929 for the World's Fair.
Fountain volcano in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was built in the 1980s, but was dismantled in 2004. It is still included in the list of the most beautiful fountains in the world, along with the Trevi Fountain.
Oval fountain on one of the most famous Italian villas of the XVI century, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The pineapple Fountain in Waterfront Park, Charleston, USA, was opened in 1990.
"Toilet Waterfall" in Foshan, China. Perhaps one of the strangest in our collection. It is built from 10 thousand toilets, sinks and urinals, suspended on the wall along the entire 100-meter width and 5-meter height. By the way, all toilets and urinals are drained.
The Crown Fountain is an interactive wonder of technology in Chicago's Millennium Park. The glass towers, separated by a 70-meter reflecting pool of black granite, are illuminated on three sides by LEDs that shimmer with different colors. And the fourth face is a huge LED screen that "broadcasts" the faces of citizens.
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