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BELLAGIO FOUNTAIN


turning music into solid water

Bellagio_ music, water and light

A musical fountain is a type of animated fountain for entertainment purposes that creates an aesthetic design and sometimes a three-dimensional image. This is done by using the effects of timed sound waves and timed light or laser against water particles. The water refracts and reflects the light, and in doing so, a three-dimensional image can be created.

Some are large scale, and use hundreds of water jets and laser emitters, the cost of which runs up into the millions of dollars, although smaller household forms exist where the budget ranges to around athousand dollars.

Pavarotti's song "Time to say goodbye" played with water

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MAGIC FOUNTAIN, Barcelona


water into the the solid history of a city

magic fountain

The Magic Fountain of Montjuïc (Font màgica de Montjuïc in both Catalan and Spanish) is a fountain located at the head of Avenida Maria Cristina in the Montjuïcneighborhood of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The Magic Fountain was designed by Carles Buigas, who had designed illuminated fountains as early as 1922. The site where the fountain was constructed was the previous location of The Four Columns. The columns, representative of the Catalanism movement, were removed under the rule of Prime Minister Migel Primo de Rivera.

In the 1980s, music was incorporated with the light show and the fountain, along with the Museu Nacional, was completely restored prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics, held at Montjuïc. Performances include film, classical, and modern music, such as The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, a Spanish zarzuela movement, and "Barcelona" by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé.

The light and music performances from October to April take place on Fridays and Saturdays every half-hour between 7:00 and 8:30pm.