These water fountains flow constantly with fresh drinking water for anyone to use and they are everywhere in Rome. Covering the spout with your finger forces the water out a hole on top, creating a arch of water at perfect πΌπ΅πΎπ»πΉπ²π·π° height. The Romans were/are with us.
Rome knows what's up.
12 Comments
Anamnesis@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I like everything about this except the way you wrote slurping. It's so weirdly suggestive lmao
Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Yeah, these are really great.remember running from well to well to get that sweet cold goodness.
DeeBeeDouble@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
I think I have been at exactly this one once lol
rmuk@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
Possibly - though they do all look alike! IIRC, this one is on Via dei Cappellari, just south of the junction with Via Pellegrino. I was walking away from Campo de Flori when I took this.
MadBob@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 2y
I didn't know they still used SPQR in Rome.
rmuk@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
I'm not sure it ever really went away, but Mussolini brought it back into regular use.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
That's a whole lot of wasted drinking water when a modern drinking fountain would prevent the waste
StThicket@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 2y
Clean drinking water is not a scarcity everywhere. I'm pretty sure Rome would shut these down if that was the case.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Water treatment still costs something
Hextubewontallowme@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Egh, a drinking fountain still sucks... better be a water faucet with control if I'm bein' honest
Then, I can fill up my water.
logi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
You can fill your bottle from these. I'd mark them along my cycling routes and fill up.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Wonder what the qr code says