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 ...

creating in the process an enduring symbol of Roman civilization and innovation. Built in 19 B.C., the Pont du Gard aqueduct piped water to the city of Nîmes in southern France. This story ...

The Pont du Gard bridge is the highest and one of the most well-preserved Roman aqueducts in the world. Built in southern France in the first century (AD) it isn’t far from the Roman city of ...

The Pont du Gard, built on the Gardon River in southern France, is the tallest of the ancient Roman aqueduct bridges crisscrossing the region and also one of the best-preserved. The historical ...

Oddly, this isn't the case in Avignon, which sits in a sort of golden triangle of former Roman glories such as Arles, Nimes and the startling Pont du Gard aqueduct near the cleverly named village ...

The 2,000-year old Pont du Gard rises 160ft and spans 1,500ft of the Gardon valley. It is the highest of all Roman aqueduct bridges, and one of the best-preserved. The monument near Nimes is the ...

Near the present-day city of Vers-Pont-du-Gard, the aqueduct had to cross the Gardon River, accomplished by building a three-tiered bridge with a total height of 48.8 meters, making it the tallest of ...

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