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 ...
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This is France’s most impressive architectural masterpieceIn the heart of Occitania, between Nîmes and Avignon, the Pont du Gard is an iconic monument that embodies the grandeur of Roman engineering. This gigantic aqueduct, built in the 1 st century AD ...
Built in 19 B.C., the Pont du Gard aqueduct piped water to the city of Nîmes in southern France. This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine.
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