The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km (31 mi) to the Roman colony of Nemausus (Nîmes)...
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Vers-Pont-du-Gard (French pronunciation: [vɛʁs pɔ̃ dy ɡaʁ]; Vèrs in Occitan) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The Pont du Gard is...
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Nîmes-Pont-du-Gard station (French: Gare de Nîmes-Pont-du-Gard) is a French TGV and TER train station in the communes of Manduel and Redessan, near Nîmes...
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Gardon (redirect from River Gard)
aqueduct Pont du Gard and the 16th-century Pont Saint-Nicolas are two historic bridges that cross the Gardon. The Gorges du Gardon, which ends at Pont Saint-Nicolas...
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architectural remains in Nîmes, as well as the famous Roman aqueduct, the Pont du Gard. Gard is also home to the source of Perrier, a carbonated mineral water...
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Pont du Gard was a French association football club founded in 2005. The club was formed as a result of a merger between two teams; ES Pont du Gard and...
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(in modern Tunisia). Surviving provincial aqueduct bridges include the Pont du Gard in France and the Aqueduct of Segovia in Spain. The longest single conduit...
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Provençal: Sant Geli; English: St. Giles) or Saint-Gilles-du-Gard is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It is the second most populous...
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refer to: Pont du Gard, a Roman aqueduct bridge Vers-Pont-du-Gard, a commune in the Gard department Rochefort-du-Gard, a commune in the Gard department...
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Spain Roman aqueduct supplying Carthage, Tunisia Pont du Gard near the town of Vers-Pont-du-Gard in southern France De los Remedios Aqueduct, Naucalpan...
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Uzès (category Communes of Gard)
kilometres (31 miles) away. The most famous stretch of the aqueduct is the Pont du Gard, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which carried fresh water over splendid...
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communes de Petite-Camargue Communauté de communes du Piémont Cévenol Communauté de communes du Pont du Gard Communauté de communes Rhôny, Vistre, Vidourle...
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landmarks include the Roman-era Pont du Gard and the Arena of Nîmes; the Verdon Gorge, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; the Canal du Midi, linking Toulouse by to...
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aqueducts throughout the Roman Empire, such as the Aqueduct of Segovia, the Pont du Gard, and the eleven aqueducts of Rome. The same concepts produced numerous...
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Luberon. Provence hosts dozens of renowned historical sites like the Pont du Gard, the Arles' Roman Monuments or the Palais des Papes in Avignon. Several...
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DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and...
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"Places Stanislas, de la Carrière et d'Alliance à Nancy". UNESCO. "Pont du Gard". UNESCO. "Provins, ville de foire médiévale". UNESCO. "Site historique...
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now augmented by archaeological studies of extant remains, such as the Pont du Gard in southern France. Numerous such massive structures occur across the...
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appoints his horse, Incitatus, a senator. Construction begins on the Pont du Gard aqueduct in Gallia Narbonensis (approximate date). The Germanic Quadi...
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service to the station began on 15 December 2019 with the opening of Nîmes–Pont du Gard station. The Nîmes–Montpellier bypass was developed initially by French...
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Pont-Saint-Esprit (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ sɛ̃.t‿ɛspʁi], literally "Holy Spirit Bridge"; Occitan: Lo Pònt Sant Esperit) is a commune in the Gard département...
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known. Pont Saint-Bénézet (1177–1188) at Avignon, Vaucluse Pont-de-Saint-Nicolas de Campagnac (1261) at Sainte-Anastasie, Gard Roman Pont-du-Gard at Remoulins...
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Nîmes (redirect from Nîmes, Gard, Occitanie)
hills to the north. Where it crossed the river Gard between Uzès and Remoulins, the spectacular Pont du Gard was built. This is 20 km (12 mi) north east...
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perfected this form, as shown, for example, by arched structures of Pont du Gard. In the interior of hall churches, arcades of separating arches were...
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Versailles, Île-de-France Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy The Pont du Gard aqueduct of Vers-Pont-du-Gard, Occitania Germany The Cologne cathedral of Cologne,...
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institution for the teaching of civil engineering, the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, was established in France; and more examples followed in other...
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plateforme ouverte du patrimoine". Pop.culture.gouv.fr - Ministry of Culture (in French). Mérimée database "Pont Julien". "Pont du Gard et aqueduc romain...
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Henri Pitot (category People from Gard)
Montpellier (the construction lasted thirteen years), and the extension of Pont du Gard in Nîmes. In 1724, he became a member of the French Academy of Sciences...
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diameter of its interior space and was only slightly surpassed by the Pont du Gard structure. The Hagia Sophia, built in AD 537 in Constantinople, reaches...
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built both single spans and lengthy multiple arch aqueducts, such as the Pont du Gard and Segovia Aqueduct. Their bridges featured from an early time onwards...
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