Reflection pool
A reflection pool is a pool filled with water that is used as a design element to reflect the light from a building so that a mirror image becomes visible. It is widely used at memorial sites. The reflection should create a festive mood. A reflection pool usually consists of a shallow pool of standing water. In order to prevent disturbing waves on the surface, the pool floor is usually not flat, but the water depth in the middle of the pool is less than near the edge.
Well-known reflection pools are located in the following locations:
- the Taj Mahal in Agra , India
- the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument , in Washington, DC
- the King Center in Atlanta in memory of Martin Luther King
- the Oklahoma City National Memorial , at the site of the bombing
- at the University of Notre Dame , below the mosaic at the Hesburgh Library
- The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles had a reflecting pool in front of the stage from around 1953 to 1972.
- The Völkerschlachtdenkmal in Leipzig.
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A famous reflecting pool sits between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument in Washington, DC
Reflection pool at the University of Western Australia
Basin at the Christchurch Arts Center in New Zealand
Reflection pool in Hermann Park in Houston
Reflection pool at the Christian Science Church in Boston
Völkerschlachtdenkmal Leipzig with reflection in the upstream "Lake of Tears for the Fallen Soldiers"
Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux, built in 2006 as the world's largest reflection pool
Individual evidence
- ↑ LA Phil Presents Hollywood Bowl . ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. History of the Hollywood Bowl
