The Roman Fountains rise like triumphal columns in the wide open space in front of the Dragon Cascade. Each fountain is made up of two octagonal forms - a small one, placed on top of a larger one - each supporting a disc. The bodies of the fountains are formed of granite blocks and faced with panels of coloured marbles. uring the Nazi occupation of 1941-44 the fountains were destroyed, but by 1949 the marble facing and the hydrotechnical mechanism were restored, and the fountains were put back into working order. Five years later, Gurzhy re-created the masks from a surviving cast and reproduced the rest of the decorative details in bronze from old drawings and photographs.