Aqueduct of Buc
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The Aqueduct of Buc ( French Aqueduc de Buc ) served to direct the water collected on the Plateau of Saclay in the south of Versailles to the water features in the park of Versailles and thus to improve the water supply of the palace park .
The aqueduct crosses the Bièvre valley in the municipality of Buc . The D 938 runs directly along the aqueduct. The above-ground structure has a length of 580 m between its northern ( ) and its southern end ( ). It has 19 round arches that are 9 m wide and up to 21 m high. Its water flows in a 1 m wide and 1.9 m deep canal covered with stone slabs.
The Aqueduct of Buc was built at the instigation of Louis XIV in the years 1684 to 1686 under the Minister Louvois according to the design by Jules Hardouin-Mansart under the direction of Thomas Gobert of the Régiment Royal de Normandie . At first an attempt was made to cross the valley with a culvert , but the pipes of which could not withstand the water pressure. Therefore the valley floor was filled with an earth dam and the aqueduct was built on it.
The Buc aqueduct has been a listed building since 1952 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b L'aqueduc de Buc on the website of the municipality of Les Loges-en-Josas
- ↑ Note No. IA78000477 on Base Mérimée
- ↑ Les Eaux du Domaine de Versailles au 17ème siècle - Aqueduc de Buc on laurentour7.canalblog.com
- ↑ Note no. PA00087387 on Base Mérimée
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