Machine de Marly
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 11, 2019
Water features form an impressive part of the gardens in the Palace of Versailles in Paris. There are fountains, cascading waterfalls, calm ...
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Nasoni: Rome’s Ubiquitous Water Fountains
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2019
Drinking fountains in Rome are as quintessential as the city’s many Roman monuments. Standing about three feet high, these 200-pound cylind...
Toxic Art: The Almaden Mercury Fountain
Kaushik Patowary
May 3, 2018
At the Joan Miró Foundation, a contemporary museum on Montjuïc hill in Barcelona, is a fascinatingly deadly piece of art—a fountain of mercu...
Florida’s Radioactive Fountain of Youth
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2015
In the corner of Marion and Taylor, in the town of Punta Gorda, in Florida, is a public water fountain that tourists and locals alike have b...
The Bucket Fountain in Wellington, New Zealand
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 12, 2013
The Bucket Fountain is one of the quirkiest and most well known landmarks of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. The fountain consi...
The Amazing Water Fountain at Osaka Station
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 30, 2013
Nothing can describe how mesmerizing the water fountain at the Osaka City Station in Japan is. The attraction, located in the South Gate Bui...
The Dubai Fountain - World’s Largest Dancing Fountain
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2012
Set on the 30-acre Burj Khalifa Lake, at the center of the Downtown Dubai development in Dubai, the Dubai fountain can shoot 83,000 liters o...
Magical Floating Faucet Fountains
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 4, 2012
The floating tap fountain is a clever illusion. It consist of a faucet mysteriously hovering above a pool or basin with an endless supply of...
