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Roman Aqueduct
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Segovia
Castilla y León
Spain
Type: Historical Interest
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Segovia
Castilla y León
Spain
Type: Historical Interest
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Segovia’s calling card was built in the first century AD to supply water to the town when it served as a Roman military outpost. A set of steps to the right of the tourist office leads up to a mirador that allows a level view with the top of the aqueduct’s water trough (from the busy plaza below it reaches its highest point of 29 m/95 feet) as it trails off in the direction of the Guadarrama Mountains – forming a nice backdrop. To accommodate the steep grade, the aqueduct required two sets of arches, one on top of the next. All told, it stretches for 15 km (nine miles), bringing water from the Río Frío for much of its course via underground channels.
That it has survived relatively intact with only a few minor reparations in the 15th and 19th centuries is a testament to the architects. They used no mortar in its construction but relied on the keystones of each arch to exert the pressure that would hold the entire aqueduct together.
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