The pont du gard and roman aqueducts (en anglais)

Eric Teyssier - Collection Alcide jeunesse

80 pages, parution le 05/07/2024

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The Pont du Gard
and Roman aqueducts
Aqueducts may well be the most significant works of Roman civilisation. Every city wanted
to have abundant water for its fountains, and for the baths that the Romans particularly
appreciated. Rome had up to eleven aqueducts! The Nîmes aqueduct, built in the first century
AD, is about 50 kilometres long with a slope of 12 metres... amounting to just 25 centimeters
per kilometre. The ingenuity and skill of Roman surveyors and architects did not end there.
To cross the gorges of the River Gardon, they had to build the Pont du Gard. How did they
achieve this? How many labourers worked on this construction site? How has this work
managed to survive for centuries? When did it acquire its name?
The historian Éric Teyssier recounts the construction of this unique work, and the technical
challenges that had to be overcome. In addition, he depicts every aspect of Roman aqueducts
as well as everyday life in this era, in which water played a primordial part

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Alcide
Auteur(s)	Eric Teyssier
Collection	Alcide jeunesse
Parution	05/07/2024
Nb. de pages	80
Format	17 x 24.6
Couverture	Broché
Poids	324g
EAN13	9782375911020