A fountain is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air to supply drinking water and/or for a decorative or dramatic effect.
Fountains are used today to decorate city parks and squares; to honor individuals or events; for recreation and for entertainment.
(Center) Jet d'eau, (Geneva, Switzerland) Clockwise from top right (1) Fontaine de Trevi (Rome) (2) Place de la Concorde (Paris) (3) Fountain in the Garden of Versailles (Versailles) (4) Fuente de los Leones, (The Alhambra, Granada) (5) The Hundred Fountains, Villa d'Este, Italy} (6) Fountain in St. Peter's Square (Rome) (7) Samson and the Lion fountain (Peterhof, St. Petersburg, Russia) (8) Dubai Fountain (Dubai)
Fountains Around The World
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The Fonte Gaia, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Italy by Jacopo della Quercia (1419) (replaced by a copy in 1868)
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Fountain at Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands
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Namba Walk in Osaka City, Japan
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The Jet d'Eau fountain in Geneva, Switzerland (1951), the first modern high-shooting fountain
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The Schöner Brunnen (Beautiful Fountain) in Nuremberg, Germany. (1385-96)
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Samson and the Lion Fountain (1800–02), Peterhof, Russia
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Buckingham Fountain (1927) in Chicago
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Dubai Fountain (2008), a computer-programmed musical fountain, is 250 m (820 ft) long and can jet water 150 m (490 ft) into the air
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The El Alamein Fountain (1959–61) in Sydney, designed by Robert Woodward, was the first "dandelion" fountain
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A fountain at Taj Exotica, Goa, India
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Fountains in the Park of the Reserve, Lima, Peru
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Samson and the Lion fountain at Peterhof Palace, Russia (1800–1802)
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Sea Canal
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King Fahd's Fountain
Water fountain
Illuminated fountain
The Splash Fountain in Krasnodar, Russia.
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The Organ Fountain at the Villa d'Este, Tivoli (1550–1572)
The new Trafalgar Square fountains in London, with new pumps and lighting, opened in June 2009
La Danse de la fontaine emergentePark Guell Dragon Fountain
Fountain at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
Fontaine de la Pyramide, Cour Napoleon I of the Louvre, (1988)
Fountain in Trafalgar Square, (1845)
Strawinsky fountain Pompidou center, Paris.
Cristaux. Jean-Yves Lechevallier, Homage to Béla Bartok, Paris
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Roman Fountains (1763–80)
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Danaida Fountain
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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi by Bernini, (1648–51)
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Fontana della Barcaccia, (1627)
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Fountains of St. Peter's Square by Carlo Maderno (1614) and Bernini (1677)
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Triton Fountain by Bernini, (1642)
Shalimar Gardens in Lahore, Pakistan (1641)
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