Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) World Heritage Site

Official name

Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) | UNESCO

Country

France | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

43.9472° Lat, 4.5352° Lon | Map

Code

344

Time Zone

Europe/Paris (CEST, +0200)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1985. The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era to allow the aqueduct of Nîmes (which is almost 50 km long) to cross the Gard river. The Roman architects and hydraulic engineers who designed this bridge, which stands almost 50 m high and is on three levels – the longest measuring 275 m – created a technical as well as an artistic masterpiece.