King Fahd Fountain / Fountain Jeddah

King Fahd Fountain / Fountain Jeddah is one of the most beautiful fountain in the world, and this fountain is also the world's tallest fountain. King Fahd Fountain is located on the coast of Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's west coast. This fountain is visible along approximately the whole of Jeddah.

This fountain is fired water reaches a height of 1023-ft (312m) - higher than the Eiffel Tower when the antennae are eliminated. Using three giant pumps that can shoot 625 liters of water per second at an incredible speed of 233 mph (375 km / h), and air masses that can exceed 18 tons.

The fountain was built between 1980 and 1983 and started operations in 1985. The fountain uses salt water which is taken from the Red Sea rather than freshwater. Using more than 500 floodlights to illuminate the fountain at night.

Read More..

Peterhof Fountain

Peterhof Fountain. Peterhof is a series of palaces and gardens located in Saint Petersburg, Russia which was founded in 1710 by Peter the Great. The palace and the garden looks very luxurious and beautiful. The palace and gardens are sometimes referred to as the "Russian Versailles". The palace-ensemble along with the city center is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage.

And here found a fountain that includes one of the most beautiful fountains and the largest in the world. Combining several palaces, a number of landscape gardens and a collection of statues and fountains, giving him the title "Russian Versailles him". Grand Cascade flows from beneath the palace towards the Baltic Sea. From the Grand Cascade's largest fountain, filled with golden statues of Samson fighting a lion.

Read More..

Fontana dell'Ovato or Fontana at Tivoli

Fontana dell'Ovato or Fontana at Tivoli is one of the most beautiful fountain which is owned by Italy. This fountain is located at the Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Italy. This fountain empties into the pond and then into the egg-shaped pool that is made in nymphaeum rusty. The design is created by Pirro Ligorio. And the whole Villa designated as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001 for its architectural beauty.

Villa itself surrounds three sides of a page that sixteenth-century Benedictine monastery located in the former. The fountain in the side wall, framed in a Doric, contains a statue of the nymph asleep in a cave guarded by d'Este heraldic eagles, with-relief framed in apple branch that connects the villa to the Garden of Hesperides. The main entrance leads into the center of Appartamento Vecchio ("Old Apartment") is made for Ippolito d'Este, with a vaulted ceiling frescoed in secular allegories by Livio Agresti and his students, centered on a large sala, with spectacular views to the main axis garden, which fell in a series of terraces.

Read More..