The Pont du Gard is one of the greatest masterpieces of ancient Roman engineering, and one of the few aqueducts of this era still standing today. In the heart of Occitania, between Nîmes and ...

On the grounds of a mansion in Slovakia, a Roman aqueduct was uncovered during recent excavations. It was the first […] ...

The popular image many people have of an aqueduct is probably something like the spectacular bridge structure of the Pont du Gard in southern France. These aboveground arches were, in fact, only a ...

La Renaissance, qui haussa l'Antiquité au rang de modèle absolu, ne manqua pas de s'intéresser au pont du Gard, l'un des plus spectaculaires monuments romains subsistant en France. Charles IX passa ...

Arch bridges are one of the oldest types of bridges and have great natural strength. Instead of pushing straight down, the weight of an arch bridge is carried outward along the curve of the arch ...