Reflecting pool

Temple of Debod (Madrid, Spain) in the reflecting pool of the garden of the Parque del Oeste.

A reflecting pool, also called a reflection pool, is a water feature found in gardens, parks, and memorial sites. It usually consists of a shallow pool of water, undisturbed by fountain jets, for a reflective surface.

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[]

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 at the World Trade Center site in New York City, has two reflecting pools on the location where the Twin Towers stood.

Gallery[]

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  The reflecting pool of the Taj Mahal

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  The reflecting pool in the Patio de los Arrayanes, at the Moorish Alhambra of Granada, Spain

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  Reflecting pool at the China Pavilion, Epcot Center, Florida

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  A World Heritage Persian garden site, Chehel Sotoun, in Iran.

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  Reflecting Pool at the University of Western Australia

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  Reflecting pond at the Christchurch Arts Centre in New Zealand

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  Reflecting pool of the Palácio do Planalto (Planalto Palace), in Brazil's modernist capital city Brasília

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  Washington Monument from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C.

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  Reflecting pool at Christian Science Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts

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  Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool in Hermann Park in Houston, Texas

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  The North Reflecting Pool at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at dusk, World Trade Center, New York

References[]

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