The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era to allow the aqueduct of Nîmes (which is almost 50 km long) to cross the Gard river. The Roman architects and hydraulic engineers who ...
The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era to allow the aqueduct of Nîmes (which is almost 50 km long) to cross the Gard river. The Roman architects and hydraulic engineers who ...
Built in 19 B.C., the Pont du Gard aqueduct piped water to the city of Nîmes in southern France. This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine.
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This is France’s most impressive architectural masterpieceThe Pont du Gard was part of a 50-kilometre aqueduct designed to carry water ... The bridge is not only a feat of architecture, but also a work of art fitting seamlessly in a natural landscape.
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