Public art

Excavation and restoration works continue on the Monumental Fountain (Nymphaeum), which is located in the Side district of the southern province of Antalya, one of Türkiye's world-renowned tourist destinations and attracts millions of visitors each year.

Greenpeace Greece is stepping up a campaign to petition local authorities across the country to repair and/or install fountains and taps that will provide the public with free, clean drinking water.

Travelers departing from Sofia Airport now have access to convenient and eco-friendly drinking water, thanks to the installation of three new "smart fountains" in the pre-departure areas of Terminals 1 and 2.

As heatwaves - like the ones Greece has experienced this summer - become longer and more intense, modern cities like Athens need to develop new strategies in order to shield the city and its inhabitants from rising temperatures.

Public water reservoirs and drinking fountains, splash pads and fountains, pocket parks, green parking lots, trees and bushes in public spaces, sustainable mobility and reused buildings, starting with the public ones, are just some of the measures architect Petros Babasikas and his team recommend for Athens in the age of climate change.

The mayor of Milan on June 25 announced the northern Italian city's fountains would be switched off as part of water restrictions imposed due to a drought.

Beppe Sala announced the measures the day after the wider Lombardy region declared a state of emergency to last until Sept. 30, directing mayors to curtail non-essential water use.

A historical fountain built in 1909 by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet Reşad in the Marmara province of Yalova will be restored.

The fountain, which has a height of 3.65 meters and a width of 2.20 meters, is located in the village of Güneyköy, where the grandchildren of people who migrated from Dagestan in the 1880's live.

The demolition of a statue located on the busiest street in the northwestern province of Edirne has sparked a debate among the residents of the city, which borders Greece and Bulgaria.
Saraçlar Street, which is the busiest street of the city, was closed to traffic in 2008 and a statue called Sevda Çeşmesi (Love Fountain) was erected in the middle of the street a year later.

The Fountain of Slaveikov Square is filled with water and runs tests before it is released again, according to BGNews.
 

The bronze statue of Apollo Medicus next to the mineral water fountains at the Central Bathhouse has been stolen, Sofia Regional Museum of History Director Assoc. Prof. Veneta Handzhiyska told Focus News Agency.