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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
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- A place in: Architecture Through Time · 16 places
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- 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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