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 bridge is the highest and one of the most well-preserved Roman aqueducts in the world. Built in southern France in the first century (AD) it isn’t far from the Roman city of ...

Soar over the Pont du Gard, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the best-preserved Roman aqueducts. This 1st-century structure spans the Gardon River in southern France, showcasing ancient ...

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.

Plans to build a vast Amazon sorting centre within sight of France's famed Pont du Gard are an “affront” to the Roman’s greatest aqueduct that is a Unesco world treasure, say detractors.

Built in the first century AD, the Pont du Gard aqueduct at Nîmes in southern France carried 200 million litres of water a day for 800 years. At 49m high, it is the tallest aqueduct bridge the Romans ...