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Ancient Roman aqueduct still stands in France.

April 16, 2026 by Blogfinger

Paul Goldfinger Photo.    Pont du Gard in southern France. Click  onceto enlarge. Tri-X collection.

 

Roman engineers designed this 3 tier aqueduct in the first century to provide water to the Roman colony of Nimes.  It was used for centuries, but now it is mainly a tourist attraction. We posted a closeup of its structure on Blogfinger .  The link is below.

Closeup Pont du Gard

After the Roman slaves finished building the aqueduct, they had a big party, and the band played this song with Annie Siegel:

https://blogfinger.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/10-jumpin-with-symphony-sid-1.mp3
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