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Pont du Gard in the south of France is the highest bridge the ancient Romans ever constructed, 2000 years ago. It was built to carry water from the countryside into the city of Nîmes, which was a big Roman center back in those days, and it continued carrying water for 500 years. The Roman aqueduct of Pont du Gard is one of the greatest sights in all of ancient history. It's an incredibly impressive structure, in fact, the tallest ancient bridge and the second highest structure the Romans ever built, after the Colosseum in Rome which is just six feet higher. This is part of a much longer aqueduct that goes for about 20 miles through the countryside, mostly at ground level, and just below ground surface intended and built to supply water to the nearby town of Nîmes. Occasionally, the aqueduct came across the River Valley and therefore, it had to be built upon a bridge spanning the Valley in order to keep by relatively level course for the water channel a couldn't possibly go down once had a Valley and then back uphill on the other side of the valley the water had to run fairly level. It only dropped about 1 inch every 300 feet and so to accomplish this, the Roman engineers built this incredible soaring stone bridge the middle arch of the bridge is the largest arch that the ancient Romans ever constructed in the highest bridge.
16 окт 2024
