Reflecting pool facts for kids
A reflecting pool or reflection pool is a pool of water that is in many memorials. It is usually shallow and calm, so that a visitor can see a reflection of the memorial in the water. Visitors are also supposed to think about what the memorial means while looking at the pool. This is also called reflecting.
The most famous reflecting pool is the one leading up to the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. Other famous reflecting pools are the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and the pool in front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Images for kids
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Temple of Debod (Madrid, Spain) in the reflecting pool of the garden of the Parque del Oeste.
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The Miroir d'eau by night in Bordeaux, France.
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The reflecting pool of the Taj Mahal
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The reflecting pool in the Patio de los Arrayanes, at the Moorish Alhambra of Granada, Spain
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Reflecting pool at the China Pavilion, Epcot Center, Florida
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A World Heritage Persian garden site, Chehel Sotoun, in Iran.
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Reflecting Pool at the University of Western Australia
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Reflecting pond at the Christchurch Arts Centre in New Zealand
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Reflecting pool of the Palácio do Planalto (Planalto Palace), in Brazil's modernist capital city Brasília
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Reflecting pool at Christian Science Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts
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Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool in Hermann Park in Houston, Texas
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The North Reflecting Pool at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at dusk, World Trade Center, New York
See also
In Spanish: Piscina reflectante para niños
