Roman rambling: the World Heritage-listed Pont du Gard in the south of France represents one of the great feats of Roman engineering. It's also the highlight of a 50-kilometre section of the GR6 footpath that follows an aqueduct system linking Uzes with Nimes.

Geographical | January 1, 2005| | Copyright

Tucked away in a sleepy corner of the south of France, hidden from the bustle of the motorways and the hassle of the coast, there's a stretch of disused waterway that links the picturesque little village of Uzes to the more metropolitan but no less impressive Roman town of Nimes. As the crow flies, the water's destination is 20 kilometres away from its source; the difference in elevation is 17 metres. At first glance, these might seem like meaningless pieces of trivia, but for the hydro-engineers responsible for this aqueduct and canal system, they were to lead to one of the ...

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