There’s your average, everyday water fountains and then there are these guys.
Clever fountain designs using unlikely objects like water boats, ornate sculptures and statues, and interactive artwork all make up this compilation of brilliant designs from around the world.
If you’re in Spain, Sunderland, China, or Peru you might run into one of these masterpieces.
Some of these elaborate fountains light up, rotate and even defy gravity. They’ve become a memorable feature in the public spaces they inhabit as they entice visitors with their inspiration and design.
1. Water Boat Fountain, Valencia, Spain
Photo credit: Margolum Smargol
2. Magic Tap, Cadiz, Spain
Photo credit: commons.wikimedia.org
3. Vortex Fountain ‘Charybdis’, Sunderland, UK
Credit artist: William Pye
4. Osaka Station Fountain-Clock, Osaka, Japan
5. ‘The Mustangs Of Las Colinas,’ Texas, USA
Photo credit: unknown
6. Banpo Bridge, Seoul, South Korea
Photo credit: prachi1996
7. Giant – Entrance To The Swarovski Kristallwelten (Crystal Worlds), Wattens, Austria
Photo credit: Edgar Moskopp
8.’Nine Floating Fountains’, Osaka, Japan
Photo credit: Isamu Noguchi
9. ‘the Divers Fountain’, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Credit: emirates247
10. Fountain ‘Metamorphosis’, Charlotte, USA
Photo credit: Rick_28105
11. Mosaïcultures Internationales, Montreal, Canada (Currently Closed)
Photo credit: Guenther Schwermer
12. Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy
Photo credit: John Cavacas
13. Fountain “Tunnel Of Surprises”, Lima, Peru
Photo credit: Gustavo V
14. ’71 Fountain’, Ohio, USA
Photo credit: Kyle Wood
15 Nacka Fountain, Stockholm, Sweden
Photo credit: Henrik Sundholm
16. Cascades Of Hercules Monument, Kassel, Germany
Photo credit: Dirk Schmidt
17. Keller Fountain, Portland, Oregon, USA
Photo credit: Jeff Day
18. The Fountain Of Wealth, Suntec City, Singapore
Photo credit: William Cho / Wikipedia
19. Stravinsky Fountain, Paris, France
Photo credit: Rostislav Bychkov
20. Unisphere Fountain, New York, USA
Photo credit: silvervoyager
21. The Fountains Of Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada
Photo credit: Justin Brown
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