Chronology OF Fountains Through The Centuries

13th century Fountains

  • Generalife Fountain & Gardens, Granada, Spain, forms a major part of the history of fountains in Spain. The gardens were completed first and the fountains were added later.
  • 1278 - The Fontana Maggiore Fountain, Perugia, Italy is arguably one of the most beautiful landscape fountain designs of the 13th century, in existence anywhere.

14th century Fountains

15th century Fountains

  • 1419 - Fonte Gaia, Piazza del Campo Fountain - Designed by Jacopo della Quercia, this fountain was replaced with an exact duplicate in 1868 by Tito Sarrocchi.

16th Century Fountains

  • 1534 - The Wall Fountain of The Tigris By Michelangelo, Florence, Italy, commissioned by Pope Clement VII. Italian garden decor of the type with a single niche remained popular in Italy, but the delicate carving of the early masters was forgotten with the new interest in wall fountains in the round.
  • 1541 - Geesebearer Fountain in Nuremberg, Germany.
  • 1544 - The Kindlifresserbrunnen Or Ogre Fountain, Bern, Switzerland,is probably one of the strangest of all decorative water fountain examples. The monstrous Ogre is depicted devouring a child.
  • 1543 - Fountain of Justice in Bern, Switzerland.
  • 1549 - Fountain of the Innocents, Paris, France.
  • 1557 - Fountain of Neptune in Messina, Italy.
  • 1557 - The Neptune Fountain of Rome was re-constructed in the late 1800's.
  • 1560 - Fountain of Hercules and Anateus in Castello, Italy.
  • 1570 - Inauguration of the restored aqueduct carrying the Aqua Vergine (water source of most of Rome's fountains
  • 1574 - The Fountain of The Moor, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy is a truly animated water fountain, whose name is derived from the group of sculptures of the tank representing an Ethiopian fighting with a dolphin.
  • 1575 - The Pantheon Fountain, Piazza della Rotonda, Rome, Italy as the name suggests was eventually placed right in front of the Pantheon of Rome, on the Piazza della Rotonda. It replaced the previous fountain that Pope Eugene IV (1431-47) had done his best to decorate with a porphyry tub and two basalt lions.
  • 1575 - The Fountain In Piazza Colonna Rome, Italy is situated in the hustling atmosphere of Rome's Piazza Colonna. This pretty dolphin and lion head fountain sculpture is the work of Giacoma Della Porta.
  • 1597 - Tribolo's Wall Fountain of The Labyrinth, Florence, Italy predates the seated river gods on Giovanni Bologna's Fountain of Oceanus in the Boboli Garden, which was constructed between the years 1567 and 1576, and was probably their prototype.
  • 1572 - Avenue of the Hundred Fountains
  • 1572 - Fountain of the Dragons
  • 1572 - Fountains of Tivoli
  • 1572 - Fountain of Nature (aka the Water Organ)
  • 1572 - The Rometta Fountain of Rome
  • 1575 - Fountain of Neptune in Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy.
  • 1568 - Fountain of Baqcchus in Boboli Gardens in Florence, Italy.
  • 1564-1586 - Water Chain Cascade, Fountain of the Giants, Fountain of the Deluge, and Fountain of the Dolphin, all in Villa Lante at Bagnaia, Viterbo, Italy.
  • 1567 - Fountain of Oceanus, Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy.
  • 1574 - The Neptune Fountain, Rome, Italy.
  • 1579 - Marforio Wall Fountains - Aqua Felice,  Rome, Italy, In 1579 a colossal Minerva was placed in the central niche instead of the Jupiter. This fountain was replaced in turn, in 1591, by the present small porphyry fountain of a seated goddess restored as Roma.
  • 1582 - Fountain of the Tortoises, Italy.
  • 1587 - The Trinita Dei Monti Fountain, Rome, Italy is as pleasing as it is simple garden fountain consisting of an ancient basin of red granite, about 13 feet across, resting on a large octagonal baluster emerging from an octagonal pool at ground level.
  • 1589 - Fountain Of The Four Rivers, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy by Gianlorenzo Bernini is commissioned.
  • 1590 - Many examples of the Formal Grotto Movement in fountain design were expressed, Florence, Italy.
  • Later 16th Century - The Fountain of The Porter, Rome, Italy considering the relatively insignificant size of this fountain has over the centuries been one of Rome's most talked about and written about fountains.

17th Century Fountains

  • 1611 - Mount Parnassus Grotto Fountain at Somerset House, London, England.
  • 1612 - Fountain of the Acqua Paola, Rome, Italy.
  • 1626 - Big Mask Fountain at Via Giulia, Rome, Italy.
  • 1643 - Triton Fountain, Piazza Barberini, Rome, Italy.
  • 1650 - The The Mary Fountain, Aachen, Germany was erected by the magistrate of the city of Aachen, Germany. it was customary during the middle ages to erect Marian wayside shrines close to springs or wells which had proven to have healing power
  • 1651 - The Fountain Of The Four Rivers, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy, was designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini for Pope Innocent X, who owned the Pamphili Palace, overlooking the Navona square.
  • 1665 - Neptune Fountain, sculpted by Schweigger, Nuremberg, Germany.
  • 1667 - The Fountains at St. Peters Square in Rome, as rebuilt by Bernini.
  • 1667 - Hot Springs Fountain, renamed Mossy Fountain, at Aix-en-Provence, France.
  • 1670's - The Formal Gardens And Fountains at Chatsworth, England were created in the late 1600s by William Cavendish. It began as a grand Palladian Manor House, with extensive formal gardens, and ranks as one of the most splendid estates.
  • 1688 - A wealth of fountains at Versailles: Pyramid Fountain; Latona Fountain; Fountain of Apollo and Sculptures by Apollon, Tuby, La Fontaine, Le Notred.
  • 1689 - Grosser Garten and Fountains, Herrenhausen, Germany.
  • 1699 - Celestial and Terrestrial Sphere Fountain at Het Loo, Netherlands.

18th Century Fountains

  • 1709 - The Grand Cascade & Fountains of Peterhof, Russia.
  • 1714 - Formal Garden & Fountains at Bruhl Castle, Germany.
  • 1728 - Fountains at La Granja, San Ildefonso, Spain.
  • 1728 - Fountains at Pincian Hills, Rome, Italy.
  • 1732 - The Trevi Fountain In Rome, Italy, designed by Niccolo Salvi is undoubtedly the most famous of all Roman fountains. The Trevi fountain is the largest of the Baroque style fountains in the city of Rome and was highly popularized in the 1954 film "Three Coins In A Fountain".
  • 1745 - Fountain of the Four Seasons at Rue de Grenelle, Paris.
  • 1750 - The Public Fountain of Pope Julius, Rome, Italy.
  • 1751 - Fountain of Neptune, Place Stanislas, Nancy, France.
  • 1752 - Cascade with Sculptural Tableaux, Palazzo Reale, Caserta, Italy.
  • 1768 - Garden of Perfect Clarity, Beijing, China.
  • 1775 - Fountain of the Cross of Trahoir, Paris, France.
  • 1780 - Fountain of the Cybele, Madrid, Spain.

19th Century Fountains

  • 1808 - The Egyptian Fountain, aka The Water Carrier Fountain, Rue de Sevres, Paris, France.
  • 1811 - The Piazza del Popolo Fountains , Rome, Italy should be regarded as part of a grand architectural design for the Piazza del Popolo as a whole and not as individual water fountains.
  • 1821 - Kansas City, Missouri is founded. Goes on be called The City of Fountains, owing to its rich collection of public water features.
  • 1836 - Fountain of the Palace in Louvois, Paris, France.
  • 1840 - Fountains of Place de la Concorde, Paris, France.
  • 1841 - Moliere Fountain, Paris, France.
  • 1842 - Fountain at City Hall Park, New York, USA.
  • 1843 - Fountain of the Sacred Orators, Paris, France.
  • 1844 - Emperor Fountain, Chatsworth, England.
  • 1845 - Fountains at Trafalgar Square, London, England.
  • 1846 - One of a series of Fountains at Monte Cavallo.
  • 1850 - Atlas Fountain, Castle Howard, Yorkshire, England.
  • 1851 - Osler's Crystal Fountain, Crystal Palace, London, England.
  • 1860 - Gothic Revival Fountain, Streatham Green, London, England.
  • 1860 - Victoria Fountain, Hackney, London.
  • 1862 - The Fountain at Piazza Pia, Rome, Italy.
  • 1867 - Observatory Fountain, Paris, France.
  • 1869 - Fountain at Chateau d'Eau, Marseilles, France.
  • 1871 - Tyler Davidson Fountain, aka The Genius of the Waters or The Blessings of Water, Cincinnati, USA.
  • 1872 - The Wallace Fountains, Paris, France.
  • 1873 - Bethesda Fountain, aka Angel of the Waters, Central Park, New York, USA.
  • 1875 - The Old Beacon Street Drinking Fountain, San Pedro, USA.
  • 1876 - The Bartholdi Fountain, Philadelphia, USA.
  • 1878 - Trocadero Palace and Cascade Fountains, Universal Exposition, Paris, France.
  • 1880 - Restoration of the Fountain of the Madonna dei Monti, Monti Piazza district, Rome, Italy.
  • 1884 - Cogswell Fountains, installed at over twenty cities in the USA.
  • 1886 - Jet d'Eau, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • 1888 - Skidmore Fountain, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  • 1889 - Fountain of Progress aka Vessel of the City of Paris and Five Parts of the World at the Universal Exposition.
  • 1893 - Columbian Fountain at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, USA.
  • 1897 - Court of Neptune Fountain, Library of Congress Main Building, Washington DC, USA.
  • 1899 - The Women’s Leadership Fountain aka 9th Street Fountain, Kansas City, USA.

20th Century Fountains

  • 1900 - Chateau de Eau at the Universal Exposition, Paris, France.
  • 1901 - Court of Fountains at Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, USA.
  • 1901 - Fountain of Abundance by Martiny.
  • 1912 - The Benson Bubblers Fountain, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  • 1912 - The Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain, Bryant Park, New York, USA.
  • 1914 - James Scott Memorial Fountain at Belle Isle, Detroit, USA.
  • 1915 - The Fountain of the Rising Sun & Fountain of the Setting Sun, and the Fountain of Energy, by Alexander Stirling Calder.
  • 1915 - Three important fountains at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, USA.
  • 1916 - Italian Water Garden & Main Fountain Garden, Brandywine Valley, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • 1917 - "The Fountain Readymade" dedicated to the Society of Independent Artists Exhibition, New York, USA.
  • 1918 - Thomas H. Swope Memorial Fountain, Kansas City, USA.
  • 1921 - The Rear Admiral Samuel Dupont Memorial Fountain at Dupont Circle in Washington, DC., USA.
  • 1924 - The restored Tureen & Fountain in Campodei Fiori, Rome, Italy.
  • 1925 - Springs and Rivers of France Fountain at the International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, Paris, France.
  • 1925 - The Seahorse Fountain, Kansas City, USA.
  • 1926 - Mosaic Fountain at Grosser Garten, Dresden, Germany.
  • 1926 - Erection of Shemanski Fountain with Statue of Rebecca, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  • 1927 - Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain at Grant Park, Chicago, USA.
  • 1931 - Grand Signal Fountain at Exposition Coloniale, Paris, France.
  • 1934 - Prometheus Fountain at Rockefeller Center, New York, USA.
  • 1937 - Fountains of the Palace of Chaillot at the International Exhibition of Applied Arts and Crafts in Modern Life, Paris, France.
  • 1939 - The Lagoon Fountain, The Water Ballet Fountain, Symbol of Electric Power Fountain, New York, USA.
  • 1940 - Meeting of the Waters aka Wedding of the Rivers Fountain, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • 1956 - Fountains at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, USA.
  • 1958 - The William Volker Memorial Fountain, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
  • 1959 - Fountain of Wisdom at the Seattle Public Library, Washington State, USA.
  • 1959 - El-Alamein Memorial Fountain aka First Dandelion Fountain, Sydney, Australia.
  • 1960 - JC Nichols Memorial Fountain, Kansas City, Missouri. USA.
  • 1961 - Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza Sculpture Garden and Fountains, New York, USA.
  • 1962 - International Fountain at the Seattle World's Fair, Washington State, USA.
  • 1964 - Unisphere Fountain (aka Fountain of the Continents) and Fountain of the Planets (aka Pool of Industry), New York, USA.
  • 1966 - Lovejoy Fountain Plaza in Portland, Oregon, USA.
  • 1967 - Naramore Fountain in Naramore Park, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  • 1970 - Fountains in the Pond of Dreams at the Japan World Exposition, Osaka, Japan.
  • 1970 - Ira's Fountain (aka Auditorium Forecourt Fountain) in Portland, Oregon, USA.
  • 1971 - Fountains at Greenacre Park, New York, USA.
  • 1972 - Revolving Torsion Fountain at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, England.
  • 1972 - The Crown Center Square Fountain, Kansas City, USA.
  • 1973 - Royals Stadium Fountains at the ballpark in Kansas City, USA.
  • 1974 - Fort Worth Water Gardens, Texas, USA.
  • 1977 - Carnival Fountain, Basel, Switzerland.
  • 1978 - St. Joseph's Fountain, New Orleans, USA.
  • 1979 - Horace E. Dodge & Son Memorial Fountain, Detroit, USA.
  • 1980 - Fountains at Williams Square in Las Colinas, Texas, USA.
  • 1982 - Levi's Plaza Fountains, San Francisco, USA.
  • 1983 - Igor Stravinsky Fountain, Paris, France.
  • 1983 - The Butler Ice Fountain, Buffalo State College, New York, USA.
  • 1983 - The Northland Fountain in Kansas City, USA.
  • 1984 - Tanner Fountain, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA.
  • 1985 - Transco Waterwall, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • 1985 - Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Fountain, Kansas City, USA.
  • 1986 - Fountain Place at First Interstate Bank Tower, Dallas, USA.
  • 1987 - Los Angeles Music Center Fountain, Los Angeles, USA.
  • 1988 - Fountains and Water Garden at National Bank Plaza, Tampa Bay, Fl, USA.
  • 1989 - Nicholas J. Melas Centennial Fountain and Water Arc, Chicago, USA.
  • 1989 - The Water Mountain and Volcano at the Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, USA.
  • 1991 - Fountains at Biddy Mason Park, Los Angeles, USA.
  • 1991 - The Firefighters Fountain, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
  • 1992 - California Plaza Watercourt, Los Angeles, USA.
  • 1993 - Universal City Walk Fountain, Universal City, California, USA.
  • 1994 - Centennial Fountain, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
  • 1995 - The Children’s Fountain, Kansas City, USA.
  • 1996 - Fountain of Rings, Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, USA.
  • 1996 - The Sounding Stones Fountains, New York, USA.
  • 1997 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Fountain, Washington DC, USA.
  • 2004 - Princess Diana aka The Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, Hyde Park, London, England.