Pont du Gard

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by Carole Raddato
published on 07 January 2019

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The magnificent Pont du Gard spanning the Gardon River in southern France. This feat of Roman engineering and architecture was built in the first century CE to bring water from a spring at Uzès to the Roman colony of Nemausus, modern-day Nîmes, along a 50 km / 31 mi aqueduct.

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Carole Raddato

Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.

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