Do you know these world-famous fountains?
Do you know these world-famous fountains?
1. Dubai Fountain
The total length of Dubai Musical Fountain is 275 meters, and the maximum spray can reach 150 meters, which is equivalent to the height of a 50-storey building. The fountain will spray 22000 gallons of water, and is equipped with 6600 lights and 50 color projectors. The water column ejected has more than 1000 changes.
2. Barcelona Magic Fountain
Barcelona Magic Fountain is located in the Spanish square of Barcelona, with 3620 water spouts, 8 different colors and 4760 spotlights. It is a music fountain famous for its changeable colors.
3. Bellagio Fountain
Bellagio Fountain is located in the artificial lake of Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. The Bellagio Fountain has more than 1200 nozzles, which enable them to match more than 4500 stage fountain monitors and spray water to the height of 24 floors. They dance with music and light and conquer the audience with their graceful dance.
4. King Fahd's Fountain (Jeddah)
The King Fahd's Fountain, also known as the Jeddah Fountain, was built from 1980 to 1983 and is the world's highest man-made fountain. Located in the port city of Jeddah on the west coast of Saudi Arabia, the King Fahd's Fountain introduced the water from the Red Sea, with a jet height of 1024 feet and a speed of 233 miles per hour.
5. The Geneva Water Fountain
The Grand Fountain was originally located at the lower reaches of the Rhona River and was used to drain water after the craftsmen turned off the hydraulic taps in their shops. Later, the 140-meter-high Grand Fountain was moved to the center of the Port of Geneva. At first, people were worried that such a huge fountain would destroy the beauty of the port, but unexpectedly, this simple but smart design would become a symbol of Geneva in the future.
6. Banpo Bridge Moonlight Rainbow Fountain
Sunlight Rainbow Fountain is located in Seoul, South Korea. It is cleverly designed on both sides of the bridge body of the Banpo Bridge across the Han River. The designer has also placed LED lights on each of the fountains with originality, which adds a touch to the fountains in the night scene.
7. Friendship of Nations Fountain
The Friendship of Nations Fountain (also known as the Fountain of People's Friendship and the Fountain of National Unity), located behind the main exhibition hall of the All-Russia Exhibition Center in the center of Moscow, was built in June 1959, and is known as the world's expensive gold-plated fountain.
8. Fountain of Wealth
The Fountain of Wealth is one of the landmark buildings in Singapore. It is located in the financial center. It is only open at a certain time. There are 12 zodiac patterns on the ground around the fountain. It is said that walking around the fountain three times will bring wealth.
9. Big Wild Goose Pagoda Fountain
Xi'an Big Wild Goose Pagoda Fountain is located in the north square of Big Wild Goose Pagoda, 218 meters wide from east to west and 346 meters long from north to south. It is a large square of sculpture in Asia. There are 2 hundred-meter-long group sculptures, 8 groups of large figure sculptures and 40 landscape reliefs in the square. It has many world records.
