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title: ROMAN AQUEDUCT OF NIMES

subject date: 2005-11-18

caption: NIMES The Pont du Gard, symbol of Roman genius, is the best preserved aqueduct in the world and the most impressive in the Mediterranean basin. It was built by Agrippa and served as a bridge capable of carrying both carriages and people. From the early 120s BC Nimes (Roman Nemausus), in southern Gaul, was under Roman control, but it was mainly in the period of Augustus that it prospered. In 27 BC the city was elevated to colony status by Augustus and in 20-19 BC Agrippa took a particular interest in the city and its surrounding area. It was around this time that the Pont du Gard was probably built, around 19 BC Photograph, 20th century

category: HIS

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country: Francia

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object name: 55797

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continent: Europa

image century : XX

subject century: I a.C.

subject epoch: Antica Roma

technique: Architettura

id: 8171

file name: FSNgilardi_55797.jpg

keywords

aqueductAncient RomeGaulFranceAgrippaRomeNimesPont du GardClassical Antiquityengineeringspansbridgecolonialismhydraulic engineering