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This is Pont du Gard, a Roman aqueduct bridge.It was constructed in the 1st century AD
An aqueduct is a water supply or navigable channel (conduit) constructed to convey water. . The word is derived from the Latin aqua ("water") and ducere ("to lead").
In ancient times, this was the way people would get water to places where it was needed.. And even now in our time, many places in the world, use aqueducts much like this one, still to this day.
Nรฎmes, South of France.
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Comments: 18
gee231205 [2011-09-26 14:41:13 +0000 UTC]
Really nice perspective of the aqueduct, is this one still working?
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Tasky In reply to gee231205 [2011-10-04 09:57:15 +0000 UTC]
Thanks Gee and no, I don't belive so.
Though I'm not 100% sure..
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thestargazer23 [2011-03-25 18:34:02 +0000 UTC]
looks really amazing!
must have been great to watch this huge aqueduct
We`ve got some in Vienna too!
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Tasky In reply to thestargazer23 [2011-03-26 18:52:14 +0000 UTC]
Thanks!
Ya, I bet it was really something, in it's day.
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HerrDrayer [2011-03-25 09:50:55 +0000 UTC]
Are tourists still allowed to walk across the aqueduct through the water channel itself? I did so back in 1994. By the way, great job making the parallel road bridge disappear.
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Tasky In reply to HerrDrayer [2011-03-26 03:45:33 +0000 UTC]
Yep, they still had the parallel road bridge open to the public, when I was there.
It's was a real trip, crossing it to, got some nice shots..
Hoyt, when you were here in 1994, did you geta chance to go swimming down at the bottom area?
I really wanted to but time just wasnโt on my side that day.
Thanks also on the comment about, not shooting the road bridge.
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HerrDrayer In reply to Tasky [2011-03-26 08:52:39 +0000 UTC]
Nah, I didn't swim in the river. I'm happy to stick with heated pools for all my swimming needs...and the occasional great lake. I was wondering though, if tourists were still allowed to walk across on the highest level of the aqueduct. It was completely unregulated when I went, and there were people crossing inside the water channel (myself included) and others walking on the very top. Others were even walking across on the mid-levels, inching along the sides of the pillars, then relaxing under the arches. Is that all blocked off now?
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Tasky In reply to HerrDrayer [2011-03-26 18:49:29 +0000 UTC]
Ya, all that is blocked off now.
Wow, I would have loved to have seen it back then.
I'd defiantly of climbed to the top.
Can only imagine the picture opportunities from up there..
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HerrDrayer In reply to Tasky [2011-03-27 08:18:15 +0000 UTC]
I need to look through my film. Perhaps I can find something worth scanning and posting.
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Tasky In reply to HerrDrayer [2011-11-09 08:30:05 +0000 UTC]
4 sure, sounds good to me!
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TechnoShadowBlood [2011-03-24 19:51:39 +0000 UTC]
I learned about this in History. Isn't there a underground water tunnel that has all these pillars holding it up? Isn't that where the water stays and flows through the city?
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Tasky In reply to TechnoShadowBlood [2011-03-26 03:27:23 +0000 UTC]
Actually I believe, the water ran along the very top, Vickie. I'm not entirely sure, but you may be right though.
Good question..
I'm gonna have to look in to this and get back to you..
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TechnoShadowBlood In reply to Tasky [2011-03-26 03:33:28 +0000 UTC]
I know it ran at the top, but there might have been these water pipes that spilled it down to the bottom.
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