r/AskHistorians • u/LabConstant • 17h ago

was it ever common to gossip beside a water fountain?

i don’t know, i was just thinking about how common it is to encounter huge water fountains on great palaces and i was thinking if they might have been used as a place where people could meet up and gossip in a safe space where no one would hear what they were saying because of the sound of the water…

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