Today, we drove up to view the world's tallest Roman bridge -- Pont du Gard. It is 50 meters high, 360 meters long, has 3 levels, and was built about 2000 years ago to bring water from Uzes to Nimes. Pont du Gard is a Unesco World Heritage site. This is quite an impressive work of Roman engineering.
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| A schematic diagram of the entire aquaduct system from Uzes to Nimes |
We arrived on the south side, the right bank (rive droite), then walked across the lower level of the bridge, and visited the visitor's center on the left bank (rive gauche).
The aquaduct was in operation for 500 years before calcium deposits along the sides of the water channel made using it impractical.
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| View from the right bank, downstream of bridge |
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| View from the right bank, downstream of bridge |
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| View from the right bank, downstream of bridge |
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| View from the right bank, downstream of bridge |
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| View of the Gard River, downstream from the bridge |
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| View of the Gard River, upstream from the bridge |
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| View downstream, from the left bank |
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