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Pont du Gard

The three-tiered aqueduct bridge carrying the Nemausus (Nîmes) aqueduct across the Gardon.

43.9, 4.5 · exact · constructed most likely mid-1st century CE; aqueduct channel maintained into roughly the 6th century CE

Lines mark links and orders the records assert; no path between any two places is recorded, and none is drawn.

instance of The voussoir arch — Three superimposed arcades carry the Nimes aqueduct across the Gardon valley, each arch buttressed by its neighbours so only the end piers need heavy abutment.
exemplifies The Roman Aqueduct System — A surviving provincial aqueduct bridge of extraordinary surveying precision demonstrates that the engineering standard was exported, not reserved for the capital.

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The three-tiered aqueduct bridge carrying the Nemausus (Nîmes) aqueduct across the Gardon.

43.9, 4.5 · exact · constructed most likely mid-1st century CE; aqueduct channel maintained into roughly the 6th century CE

Lines mark links and orders the records assert; no path between any two places is recorded, and none is drawn.

instance of The voussoir arch — Three superimposed arcades carry the Nimes aqueduct across the Gardon valley, each arch buttressed by its neighbours so only the end piers need heavy abutment.
exemplifies The Roman Aqueduct System — A surviving provincial aqueduct bridge of extraordinary surveying precision demonstrates that the engineering standard was exported, not reserved for the capital.