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The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km (31 mi) to the Roman colony of Nemausus . [3] It crosses the river Gardon near the town of Vers-Pont-du-Gard in southern France. The Pont du Gard is one of the best preserved Roman aqueduct bridges.
He rose to fame with the design of the Aqueduc de Saint-Clément near Montpellier (the construction lasted thirteen years), [2] and the extension of Pont du Gard in Nîmes. [3] In 1724, he became a member of the French Academy of Sciences, and in 1740 a fellow of the Royal Society. The Pitot theorem of plane geometry is named after him.
Pont du Gard, France, a Roman aqueduct built circa 40–60 CE. It is one of France's top tourist attractions and a World Heritage Site. Mathur Aqueduct, India, built in 1966. Aqueducts are bridges constructed to convey watercourses across gaps such as valleys or ravines.
English: The Roman aqueduct from Fontaine d'Eure near Uzès to the Castellum in Nîmes passes over the Pont du Gard, and many other significant bridges.This (not to scale) map plots the watercourse, the principal rivers and modern settlements and roads.These monuments are shown:
The Romans built both single spans and lengthy multiple arch aqueducts, such as the Pont du Gard and Segovia Aqueduct. Their bridges featured from an early time onwards flood openings in the piers, e.g. in the Pons Fabricius in Rome (62 BC), one of the world's oldest major bridges still standing. Segovia Aqueduct (c. 100 AD)
The Romans built both single spans and lengthy multiple-arch aqueducts, such as the Pont du Gard and Segovia Aqueduct. Their bridges often had flood openings in the piers, e.g. in the Pons Fabricius in Rome (62 BC), one of the world's oldest major bridges still standing. There were two main types of wooden bridge in Britain.
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