How to get there?
1. Classic option, paid, repeatedly described in guidebooks.
- Bus number A15 from Avignon, go to the Rond Point Pont du Gard stop (in Vers-pont-du-gard), on the road about 45 minutes, the fare is 1.50 euros (prepare a change, banknotes larger than 5 euros are not welcome);
- Get off at the Rond Point Pont du Gard stop. We are on the left, following the signs. We cross the road and walk for about 5 minutes (the aqueduct is not visible from here - do not be alarmed). We approach the barrier. Further passage / travel is paid. If you walk - 7 euros per person or 15 euros for a group of 3 to 5 people. More details at http://www. pontdugard. fr/fr/toutes-les-informations, here you can also see the opening hours (depending on the season). The ticket price includes admission to the museum and cinema, where a film about the Pont du Gard will be shown.
2. The option is free, obtained experimentally.
- take the same bus number A15 from Avignon to any stop in Remoulins. Then walk around the city to the Pont Neuf stop - your landmark is the bridge and the river.
- cross the bridge and on foot, through the plane tree alley, go to the Pont du Gard. Count on a leisurely walk for about 20-30 minutes. As a result, you will come to the bridge from the opposite side, where the passage fee is not charged yet.
What is the Pont du Gard? Literally translated "Bridge over the Gar". UNESCO World Heritage Site. One of the five most visited attractions in France. The aqueduct is thrown over the river Gardon (formerly called the Gar), 275 meters long and 47 meters high.
For a long time it was believed that the Pont du Gard was erected to supply water to the city of Nimes by order of Marcus Agrippa, son-in-law of Emperor Octavian Augustus, around 19 BC. e. The latest research indicates that the construction was carried out in the middle of the 1st century BC. n. e. It was built without the use of lime and was an integral part of a 50-kilometer water pipe that led to Nimes from Uzè s.
The aqueduct is three-tiered: in the lower tier - six arches, on the average - eleven, in the upper - thirty-five.
The height difference between the water source and Nî mes is 17 meters. In addition, the Romans with filigree accuracy calculated the slope of the aqueduct - only 34 cm per 1 km. Therefore, it seems almost straight.
The aqueduct was the epitome of a high level of Roman engineering. Imagine a 16-story building, and so, this is the size of the aqueduct. Even modern scientists were amazed to learn that of the six arches of the lower tier, only one (!!! ) is a carrier. And he stands there, despite periodically hurricane winds and spring floods of the river. The aqueduct was erected practically without mortar - massive stones (each weighing about 6 tons) are hewn and fitted to each other so well. The composition of the sealing coating of the drain was also a professional secret. Scientists believe that pork fat and wine berries were mixed into it.
The aqueduct ceased to function shortly after the fall of the Roman Empire. However, the aqueduct itself has been used as a bridge for wagons for centuries. To pass large vehicles, part of the supports was hollowed out, which created a threat of collapse of the entire structure. In 1747, a modern bridge was built nearby, traffic along the Pont du Gard was gradually closed, and the ancient monument itself was restored by order of Napoleon III.
By the way, according to the research of experts, the image on the banknote of 5 euros is the Pont du Gard aqueduct. This is an amazing place. There is some kind of physically perceptible connection of times here..."...under Caesar, the same cicadas sang, and the same sun crept along the walls... " / V. Nabokov/
1. Classic option, paid, repeatedly described in guidebooks.
- Bus number A15 from Avignon, go to the Rond Point Pont du Gard stop (in Vers-pont-du-gard), on the road about 45 minutes, the fare is 1.50 euros (prepare a change, banknotes larger than 5 euros are not welcome);
- Get off at the Rond Point Pont du Gard stop. We are on the left, following the signs. We cross the road and walk for about 5 minutes (the aqueduct is not visible from here - do not be alarmed). We approach the barrier. Further passage / travel is paid. If you walk - 7 euros per person or 15 euros for a group of 3 to 5 people. More details at http://www. pontdugard. fr/fr/toutes-les-informations, here you can also see the opening hours (depending on the season). The ticket price includes admission to the museum and cinema, where a film about the Pont du Gard will be shown.
2. The option is free, obtained experimentally.
- take the same bus number A15 from Avignon to any stop in Remoulins. Then walk around the city to the Pont Neuf stop - your landmark is the bridge and the river.
- cross the bridge and on foot, through the plane tree alley, go to the Pont du Gard. Count on a leisurely walk for about 20-30 minutes. As a result, you will come to the bridge from the opposite side, where the passage fee is not charged yet.
What is the Pont du Gard? Literally translated "Bridge over the Gar". UNESCO World Heritage Site. One of the five most visited attractions in France. The aqueduct is thrown over the river Gardon (formerly called the Gar), 275 meters long and 47 meters high.
For a long time it was believed that the Pont du Gard was erected to supply water to the city of Nimes by order of Marcus Agrippa, son-in-law of Emperor Octavian Augustus, around 19 BC. e. The latest research indicates that the construction was carried out in the middle of the 1st century BC. n. e. It was built without the use of lime and was an integral part of a 50-kilometer water pipe that led to Nimes from Uzè s.
The aqueduct is three-tiered: in the lower tier - six arches, on the average - eleven, in the upper - thirty-five.
The height difference between the water source and Nî mes is 17 meters. In addition, the Romans with filigree accuracy calculated the slope of the aqueduct - only 34 cm per 1 km. Therefore, it seems almost straight.
The aqueduct was the epitome of a high level of Roman engineering. Imagine a 16-story building, and so, this is the size of the aqueduct. Even modern scientists were amazed to learn that of the six arches of the lower tier, only one (!!! ) is a carrier. And he stands there, despite periodically hurricane winds and spring floods of the river. The aqueduct was erected practically without mortar - massive stones (each weighing about 6 tons) are hewn and fitted to each other so well. The composition of the sealing coating of the drain was also a professional secret. Scientists believe that pork fat and wine berries were mixed into it.
The aqueduct ceased to function shortly after the fall of the Roman Empire. However, the aqueduct itself has been used as a bridge for wagons for centuries. To pass large vehicles, part of the supports was hollowed out, which created a threat of collapse of the entire structure. In 1747, a modern bridge was built nearby, traffic along the Pont du Gard was gradually closed, and the ancient monument itself was restored by order of Napoleon III.
By the way, according to the research of experts, the image on the banknote of 5 euros is the Pont du Gard aqueduct. This is an amazing place. There is some kind of physically perceptible connection of times here..."...under Caesar, the same cicadas sang, and the same sun crept along the walls... " / V. Nabokov/
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