Pont du Gard

The Pont du Gard is part of a Roman Aqueduct built over 2000 years ago, in 19 BC. It is was so awesome to see, it is over 170 ft tall. The Romans built it across the river to carry water 31 miles from a spring into the city of Nimes. From the spring to the town the aqueduct descends only 55 feet over its 31 miles. This bridge was built to cross the river. It is really amazing the engineering that went into building the aqueducts so many years ago.


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