Ansignan Aqueduct

Ansignan Aqueduct
	Ansignan Aqueduct
Official name	Pont-Aqueduc d'Ansignan
Convicted	Agly
overall length	170
	location
Above sea level	220 m

42.764722222222 2.5147222222222 220Coordinates: 42 ° 45 ′ 53 " N , 2 ° 30 ′ 53" E

The Roman aqueduct of Ansignan , a French commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of the Occitania region , crosses the Agly river and has been recognized as a monument historique since 1974 .

history

The aqueduct is mostly assigned to the 3rd century AD, but it is completely unclear which town or which large estate ( villa rustica ) it supplied with water - ancient finds have not yet been made in the area. The building was changed several times in the Middle Ages and apparently served to supply the village of Ansignan with water.

Building

The aqueduct north of the village of Ansignan is 170 meters long and a maximum of 15 m high; it consists of 29 arches with different spans. The main material used was quarry stone , which together with mortar resulted in a durable but not very aesthetic construction. Precisely machined house stones were only used for the larger arches and the actual water pipe; the smaller arches, which are not exposed to moisture, are partly made of bricks .