THE PONT DU GARD AND ROMAN AQUEDUCTS (en Anglais)
Description
The Pont du Gard and Roman aqueductsAqueducts may well be the most significant works of Roman civilisation. Every city wanted to have abundant water for its fountains, and for the baths that the Romans particularly appreciated. Rome had up to eleven aqueducts! The Nîmes aqueduct, built in the first century AD, is about 50 kilometres long with a slope of 12 metres... amounting to just 25 centimeters per kilometre. The ingenuity and skill of Roman surveyors and architects did not end there.To cross the gorges of the River Gardon, they had to build the Pont du Gard. How did they achieve this? How many labourers worked on this construction site? How has this work managed to survive for centuries? When did it acquire its name? The historian Éric Teyssier recounts the construction of this unique work, and the technical challenges that had to be overcome. In addition, he depicts every aspect of Roman aqueducts as well as everyday life in this era, in which water played a primordial part
Détails
Auteur: Eric TEYSSIER
Editeur: Alcide
Collection: ALCIDE JEUNESSE
Format: Broché
Presentation: Broché
Date de parution: 05 Juillet 2024
Nombre de pages: 80
Dimensions: 17 x 24,6 x 1,3
Prix publique: 14,00 €
Information complémentaires
Classification: Jeunesse > Documentaire / Encyclopédie > Histoire, Monde et civilisations
Code Classification: 3722 > 3760 > 3766
EAN-13: 9782375911020
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