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ramis

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An aqueduct and a viaduct
« on: May 09, 2010, 06:35:09 PM »
Last October I visited my parents, who live in France. We did some sightseeing and took some picture

Pont du Gard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_du_Gard



Millau Viaduct
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct



Moar pics

http://s398.photobucket.com/albums/pp69/ramis_ks/France%20pics/
« Last Edit: May 09, 2010, 07:23:06 PM by ramis »
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Re: An aqueduct and a viaduct
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2010, 06:40:19 PM »
Nice pictures. The Pont du gard aqueduct was originally built by the Romans, yes?

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Re: An aqueduct and a viaduct
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2010, 06:51:55 PM »
Yep. Estimates range from around 19ish BC to mid first century.

It's amazing when you think about how many Roman buildings are still standing roughly 2000 years later. Their architecture was/is simply amazing. And it's still here after over a thousand years of neglect, pillaging, and earthquakes after the fall of the Empire. The Via Appia is still in good shape. I believe I recall seeing the city of Rome still actually uses some of the original aqueducts to bring water into the city. A modern city, getting it's water supply from 2,000 year old supply lines. I don't think we'll have many of our water mains running in 2,000 years.

I sometimes wonder what the world would be like today had the Romans not gone bat chit crazy and kept their edge without being overrun. The world would be a mighty interesting place had that all not been lost and needed to be rediscovered.
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Re: An aqueduct and a viaduct
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2010, 05:03:32 AM »
They'll be saying the same thing about America soon...

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Re: An aqueduct and a viaduct
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2010, 05:26:38 AM »
They'll be saying the same thing about America soon...

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