Nimes, Pont du Gard

The Pont du Gard is an aqueduct in the south of France constructed by the Roman Empire, and located in Vers-Pont-du-Gard near Remoulins . The Pont du Gard is built on three levels and has got a total height of 49 metres. The Lower level has got six arches, the middle one eleven arches and the longest upper level 47 arches. On its first level, it carries a road and at the top of the third level, a water conduit. The construction took place in the middle of the first century A.D and was designed to carry the water across the small Gardon river valley. It was constructed entirely without the use of mortar, because the stones fit perfectly together. It is believed to have taken about three years to build, employing between 800 and