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Fountains In France
Fountains in France provided drinking water to the inhabitants of the ancient Roman cities of France, and to French monasteries and villages during the Middle Ages. Later, they were symbols of royal power and grandeur in the gardens of the kings of France. Today, though they no longer provide drinking water, they decorate the squares and parks of French cities and towns. Roman fountains The first known fountains in France were built by Roman engineers in the first and second centuries A.D. in Glanum, Vaison-la-Romaine, Nîmes, and other towns of Provence. Like the fountains in Rome, they were fed with water from distant lakes and rivers aqueducts, sometimes more than fifty kilometres from the fountains. Remains of the aqueducts can be found outside Avignon, Arles, Aix-en-Provence, Glanum, and other Roman towns. Once the water arrived in the cities, it was channelled into lead pipes which distributed it to street fountains, or direct to Roman baths and villas. Examples of these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Paul De Vence - Jean-Charles GUILLO
Saint Paul and Apostle Paul usually refers to Paul the Apostle, the Christian religious leader. People Martyr saints * Paul (d. ca. 362), Roman martyr, see John and Paul * Paul (3rd century), one of a group of four martyrs, see Peter, Andrew, Paul, and Denise * Paul, of Helladius, Crescentius, Paul and Dioscorides, a group of four martyrs killed in 326 * Paul and Ninety Companions (died 1240), Dominican martyrs * Paul Chong Hasang of the Korean Martyrs (19th century) * Paul Hanh, Paul Khoan Khan Pham, Paul Loc Van Le, Paul Tinh Boa Le, Paul Tong Buong, and Paul Duong of the Vietnamese Martyrs (18th and 19th centuries) Other saints * Paul of Narbonne (3rd century) * Paul the Simple (d. ca. 339), Egyptian saint * Paul of Narbonne (3rd century) * Paul of Tammah (died 415), Egyptian saint * Paul of Thebes (c. 220–341), Egyptian saint, regarded as the first Christian hermit * Paul Aurelian (6th century), one of the seven founder saints of Brittany * Paul of Xeropotamou (9th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
