Sunday, 29 July 2012

Pont du Gard

The Gagnons, their friend Mark Campbell, who was visiting from Milan, and Mike H. travelled to one of best known sites in Provence -  the Pont du Gard.


This spectacular wedding cake-like structure was built by the Romans 2000 years ago. It's the longest, highest and best preserved Roman aqueduct in the world.


This incredible feat of architecture was part of an aqueduct system carrying about 40 000 cubic meters of water per day more than 50 km to the city of Nimes. The difference in elevation between the starting point and the arrival is only of about 13 meters.



Our group had a great time wandering around the site, enjoying the spectacular views and even a little dip in the cool water.



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