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The magnificent Pont du Gard spanning the Gardon River in southern France. This feat of Roman engineering and architecture was built in the first century CE to bring water from a spring at Uzès to the Roman colony of Nemausus, modern-day...

The Pont Du Gard Roman aqueduct, Southern France, 1st century CE

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, in the Gard département. It has long been thought that the Pont du Gard was built by Augustus' son-in-law...

The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era to allow the aqueduct of Nîmes, France (which is almost 50 km long) to cross the Gard river. The Roman architects and hydraulic engineers who designed this bridge, which stands almost...

A detail of the Pont Du Gard Roman aqueduct, 1st century CE, Southern France.

Provence has inherited a rich legacy from antiquity, boasting some of the best-preserved Roman ruins in Europe. In the 2nd century BCE, the Romans began their conquest of the region and called it “Provincia Romana,” giving us the region's...

More info about travel to Provence: http://www.ricksteves.com/europe/france/provence In this video, we'll travel to France's Provence region to explore the Pont du Gard aqueduct and more Roman architecture in Nîmes. At http://www.ricksteves.com...

Pont-d'Arc Cavern, a replica of the Chauvet Cave. Near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche, France.

The Pont del Diable aqueduct, Tarraco (Tarragona), Spain. Also known as the Ferreres Bridge, it was built in the 1st century CE it is 217 m long and 27 m high.

The Roman bridge Pont Julien in southern France is a three arched bridge built in 3 BCE over the Calavon river on the Via Domitia, an important Roman road that connected Italy and Spain through the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis.