Reflecting pool
A reflecting pool or reflection pool is a water feature found in gardens, parks, and at memorial sites. It usually consists of a shallow pool of water, undisturbed by fountain jets, for a reflective surface.
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Design
Reflecting pools are often designed with the outer basin floor at the rim slightly deeper than the central area to suppress wave formation. They can be as small as a bird bath to as large as a major civic element. Their origins are from ancient Persian gardens.
List of notable pools
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The Miroir d'eau by night in Bordeaux, France.
- The Miroir d'eau (Water mirror) on Place de la Bourse in Bordeaux, France, is the world's largest reflecting pool.[1]
- The Mughal garden reflecting pools at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India
- Chehel Sotoun in Iran
- The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and Capitol Reflecting Pool, in Washington, D.C.
- Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool, Hermann Park, Houston, Texas, U.S.
- The modernist Palácio do Planalto and Palácio da Alvorada in Brasília, Brazil
- Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park in Atlanta, Georgia
- The Oklahoma City National Memorial, at the site of the Oklahoma City bombing
- The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, a former reflecting pool was located in front of the stage, circa 1953 - 1972.[2]
- The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, located in New York City, has two reflecting pools on the location where the Twin Towers stood.
Gallery
- The reflecting pool of the Taj Mahal
- The reflecting pool in the Patio de los Arrayanes, at the Moorish Alhambra of Granada, Spain
- Reflecting pool at the China Pavilion, Epcot Center, Florida
- A World Heritage Persian garden site, Chehel Sotoun, in Iran.
- Reflecting Pool at the University of Western Australia
- Reflecting pond at the Christchurch Arts Centre in New Zealand
- Reflecting pool of the Palácio do Planalto (Planalto Palace), in Brazil's modernist capital city Brasília
- Reflecting pool at the Christian Science Church in Boston, Massachusetts
- The North Reflecting Pool at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at dusk, World Trade Center, New York
References
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- "Place de la Bourse". worldsiteguides.com. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- "Hollywood Bowl". Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
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