The constellation of the Big Dipper will soon have its reflection on the map of the capital. The Madrid City Council will build seven ornamental fountains inspired by the seven stars of the city’s coat of arms, in strategic places in seven districts in such a way that, in an aerial view, they draw the constellation Ursa Major. Work on the first fountain began on November 9 at the Latina district.
The seven fountains of this project, promoted by the General Directorate of Water Management and Green Zones of the Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility Area, directed by Borja Carabante, will take the name of the seven stars that make up the Big Dipper: Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar and Benetnasch and will be distributed among the districts of Latina, Moncloa-Aravaca, Arganzuela, Retiro, Puente de Vallecas, Vicálvaro and San Blas-Canillejas.
The first ornamental fountain, Benetnasch, will be the tip of the Big Dipper (the handle from which the cart is pushed). This fountain will be located next to the Colonia Jardín metro stop in the Campamento neighborhood of the Latina district.
The second fountain, Mizar (symbolizing a peak existing in the middle of the push bar of the car), will be located between Hexágonos and Carretera Nueva streets in Casa de Campo, in Moncloa-Aravaca. It will be followed in that diagonal line by the Alioth fountain in the Chimenea park on Gasómetro street, in the Acacias de Arganzuela neighborhood.
Four extremes
The figure of the chariot will be represented by the sources Megrez, Dubhe, Phecda, and Merak. The first, Megrez, will begin the polygonal shape of the car in the Vips park, between the streets of Conde de Cartagena and Avenida del Mediterráneo in the Niño Jesús neighborhood of Retiro. Its union with the Dubhe fountain will configure the upper part of the cart that will be located in the Rose Park of San Blas-Canillejas. Phecda and Merak will be the sources that represent the base of the chariot. The first of them will be erected in the Javier de Miguel park in the Palomeras Bajas neighborhood of Puente de Vallecas while the second will be built in the Valderribas Linear Park in the Valdebernardo neighborhood of Vicálvaro.
The seven sources will be equal and largewith a heptagonal-shaped glass (in reference to the seven stars) and with a circumference of five meters in diameter. Inside, a polished white concrete star will have an inclined surface through which a sheet of water will flow. Each fountain will house inside the name of the star of the Big Dipper that it represents and its surroundings will be rearranged to integrate it into the urban space and thus improve its environmental quality and sensory perception.
Madrid is considered one of the European cities with the greatest number of ornamental hydraulic installations: up to 560 There are units distributed throughout the capital.
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