Maybe I should have titled this blog "Seeing Italy . . . and France . . . and a little bit of Spain now and then." Buckingham Fountain in Chicago's Grant Park always reminds me of one of the big parks in Paris, more so when the area used to be covered with pebbly gravel (they've paved it with bricks--still pretty).
Buckingham Fountain was in fact modeled after the Latona Basin at Versailles, which I'd guess is smaller--this fountain is really huge. Four sea horses symbolize the states bordering Lake Michigan--Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
On hot days the mist from the fountain's sprays carries quite aways and is very refreshing.
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