Amusing Dunia: Pozzo di S. Patrizio

Pozzo di S. Patrizio , or the St. Patrick's Well , is a historic good inwards Orvieto , Umbria , key Italy , built betwixt 1527 too 1537 at the behest of Pope Clement VII who had taken refuge at Orvieto during the forcefulness out of Rome yesteryear the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Fearing that the city’s H2O render would last insufficient inwards the outcome of a siege , the Pope assigned the describe of piece of employment to architect-engineer Antonio da Sangallo , who had worked extensively inwards Rome during the Renaissance.

Hailed every bit a masterpiece of hydraulic engineering scientific discipline , the cylindrical good plunges downward to a greater extent than than l meters inwards a double helix blueprint , carrying 2 one-way staircases 1 going upwards too some other going down. This allows people too donkeys loaded alongside H2O vessels to deed without obstruction. At the bottom is a duet where people could walk on too scoop out water. Large windows , placed diametrically contrary to each other , low-cal the staircases naturally. This blueprint was unique at the fourth dimension , because in that location are no other wells similar it anywhere inwards Europe.

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The good was originally named Pozzo della Rocca , or the fortress good , every bit it is or too then the Albornoz fortress , that stands on the colina of St. Elias. It was afterwards named after St. Patrick inspired yesteryear the medieval legend of St Patrick's Purgatory , where God revealed to him a pit inwards the terra firma telling him that it was the entrance to Purgatory.

Before the good was completed , Pope Clement VII too Charles V reconciled their differences too the town was never besieged. However , the excavation continued too inwards 1537 , 10 years after operate root began , St Patrick’s Well was completed.

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