19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

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Most of us if not seen firsthand, that I know for sure the movies and postcards, the famous Trevi fountain in Rome. Of course, Trevi, and other world famous fountains, a real work of art, but it seems to us that the world was created is not less beautiful and talented sculpture with flowing water.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

Fountain Water Boat ("boat", "ship") is located on the Malvarrosa beach in Valencia, Spain.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

The fountain clock at Osaka station, Japan. The structure shows the time, floral patterns and cascading wall of water.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

Fountain-whirlpool "Charybdis" was created by sculptor William Pye in 2000 for a hotel-Spa luxury Seaham Hotel and Spa in the North of England. Charybdis is the name of a siren from "the Odyssey" by Homer, which was hit by lightning of Zeus, and turned her into the vortex as punishment for stealing cattle from Hercules.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

"Nine floating fountains" — a project of the Japanese-American architect Isamu Noguchi for the world exhibition in Osaka in 1970.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

24-meter-high fountain was opened in 2009 at a shopping Mall in Dubai.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

Fountain-Metalmorphosis sculpture — the work of Czech sculpture of David Black height of 7.6 metres and a weight of 14 tons, consists of two dozen steel plates that rotate independently of each other.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

The fountain of "Mother Earth" was presented in 2013 at the exhibition Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal. At the moment closed.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

A giant stairway of water starts at the statue of Hercules in the German city of Kassel and ends at big lake Palace Wilhelmshöhe. The construction work for the first time in 1714.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

The fountain of "God our father on the rainbow" in Stockholm was designed by Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

Park and Keller Fountain Park was opened in Portland in 1970. The main attraction of the Park is the fountain Keller, the creation of Angela Danceway.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

Fountain at the National Museum of African American history and culture, Washington.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

Fountain Avalokitesvara bodhisattva, the Ancient city, Thailand.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

The Stravinsky fountain in Paris with 16 moving sculptures representing works of composer Igor Stravinsky.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

The magic fountain of Montjuic, Barcelona. Was designed by Carlos Buigas in 1929 for the world exhibition.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

Fountain-volcano in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Was built in the 1980s, but in 2004 dismantled. Still included in the list of the most beautiful fountains in the world, along with the Trevi fountain.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

The oval fountain on one of the most famous Italian villas of the XVI century, the monument of world cultural heritage of UNESCO.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

The fountain is a pineapple in waterfront Park, Charleston, USA, was opened in 1990.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

"Toilet waterfall" in Foshan, China. Perhaps one of the strangest in our collection. Constructed of 10 thousands of toilets, sinks and urinals hanging on the wall across a 100-meter width and 5 meter height. By the way, in all toilets and urinals running drain.

19 delightful fountains, which you haven't seen

The Crown fountain is an interactive miracle of technology in Chicago's Millennium Park. Glass towers separated by a 70-foot reflecting pool of black granite, illuminated from three sides by the LEDs, shimmering in different colors. And the fourth line is a huge led screen, "transmitting" the faces of the townspeople.

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