Drinking fountain - an artificial structure designed to quench thirst in public places with hygiene. It is a small fountain located at a height below human growth. It happens with manual and foot water start. It is made of stainless steel or ferrous metal with the subsequent coloring. It is completed with water purification filters. Drinking fountains can be located both on the streets (especially in regions with a hot climate), and in rooms (industrial, educational).
In the form of drinking fountains can be both purely utilitarian and works of art.
Drinking Fountains in Armenia
In the culture of Armenia, water and, in particular, drinking fountains have an increased significance [1] . In Armenian they are called pulpulak [2] [3] ( Armenian Պուլպուլակ ), as well as tsaytakhbyur ( Armenian ցայտաղբյուր ) [4] .
The name pulpulak comes from the sound of the murmur of water - “pool-pool”, when it splashes out of the neck, and from the word “ak” ( Armenian арм կ ) - in Armenian, “source” [4] .
Most of the pulpulaks are established separately, however, there are pulpulaks connected to khachkars [4] .
In Yerevan, on the Republic Square, there is the pulpulak “7 springs” (as the Armenian folk wisdom says, “the people draw strength from seven sources”). The author of this pulpulak, built in 1965 , is Spartak Knedekhtsyan. The former “7 springs” drinking tips, made in the form of a fortress tower, were stolen in the 1990s , the new ones were made according to the design of jewelery designer Nur. In 2010, three of the seven fountains were destroyed by unknown persons [5] .
Notes
- ↑ N.V. Voronov. Soviet monumental sculpture, 1960-1980. - 1984 .-- 221 p.
- ↑ Yerevan Municipality will take care of “pulpulaks”
- ↑ Country of Apricot Duduk
- ↑ 1 2 3 Khachkar magazine. Encyclopedia of Armenian Life
- ↑ Pulpool Vandals
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