Urban north Italy
$21,44
Directly 3D printed kit contains resin parts to be assembled and painted.
“War in Italy” set 2
1/35 scale
- Description
Description
More generic set that fits all towns and cities in northern Italy. It consists of four items:
N° 1 Fountain
N° 2 Street plates
N° 1 Manhole
these objects were entirely designed from scratch and highly detailed as in our company’s style.
The fountain also known as the “Widow’s Fountain” is composed of four resin elements, the hat can be disassembled as in reality to give ample opportunity for customization, and the grid is not a flat photoengraving but round and superdetailed.
The ” Widow” of Milan
The vedovelle are the typical fountains of Milan, so called because the incessant trickle of water gushing out is likened to a widow’s cry.
Distributed throughout the territory of the City of Milan, 481 are currently in operation.
They are made of cast iron in the typical color of auburn green and were designed in 1931. The first fountain is the one in Piazza della Scala, which differs from the others in that it is made of bronze.
Other similar types can be found in the Lombard area, some still bearing the signs of the fascist period, or the shield with the logo of their host city.
Widows do not have a faucet. For this reason, many may think that they generate water waste, but this is not the case.
First of all, the amount of water delivered by the drinking fountains is derisory in comparison with the flow rate of water distributed by the Milanese aqueduct; in fact, compared with an average total instantaneous flow delivered by the aqueduct of about 7500 liters/second, the flow rate of the fountains as a whole is only about 10 liters/second.
In addition, the continuous flow of water from the vedovelle is not only useful for quenching one’s thirst, but also performs the important function of keeping the water always moving, preserving its freshness and good quality at the blind end pipes, the so-called “deadheads.”
In addition, interruption of the flow would result in stagnation of the water and contribute to the formation of bacterial flora around the mouth of the “dragon” from which the water flows.
It should also be remembered that the outflow from the fountains is not wasted unnecessarily but, through the sewage system, reaches Milan’s sewage treatment plants, and is then used by agricultural consortia to irrigate fields south of the city.
