Fountain Under the Aqueduct Lucca Italy
by Joan Carroll
Title
Fountain Under the Aqueduct Lucca Italy
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
It’s a sad commentary on 21st century life that my first thought as I walked along the trail next to the aqueduct in Lucca Italy and saw a car with its trunk raised in the distance, was to wonder if I was in any danger from the men seemingly loitering around the car. Should I turn around? Should I wait and see if they leave? Should I just continue along my way? I elected the latter and felt totally foolish when I discovered that these men were filling water bottles from one of the fountains found along the route of the aqueduct. Along my hike, I saw many of these fountains, and I saw people pull up in a cars with a trunkful of bottles, on a bikes with a crate of bottles on the back, and just walking with one or two bottles. Rarely did I pass a fountain, like this one, that wasn’t being used to fill bottles. I then wondered….why were people filling their water bottles here? Is there no ‘city water’? Is the ‘city water’ not so good? Is the ‘city water’ too expensive? Is the water just used for cooking and drinking and ‘city water’ used for all other purposes? Questions I still have…. But contrary to what may be assumed, the aqueduct in Lucca is not of Roman origin. It was only begun in 1823 and completed in 1851. The water was drawn from several springs on the northern slope of Mount Pisano, passed through several layers of stones and gravel to become pure and clear. Water passed along the aqueduct and ultimately to some underground pipes to emerge at the fountain in the square beside the cathedral. Many preconceptions shattered that morning!
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Joan carroll, drinking fountain, water fountain, rustic
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Regina Geoghan
Lovely textures and enjoyed the story about the aqueduct. Must have been a wonderful trip. L.
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