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 ...

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 ...

Today, the Pont du Gard is no longer used as an aqueduct, but it has instead become a cultural and tourist attraction. The site has been developed to offer an immersive experience, with a museum ...

The Roman Empire’s most famous aqueducts are elevated, lengthy structures like the Pont du Gard Aqueduct, but they also built many smaller, subterranean channels. And though most of modern-day ...

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.