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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Le Pont du GardCountry: France Département: Languedoc:Gard (30) Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Remoulins Nearest Village: Pont-du-Gard
Latitude: 43.947400N Longitude: 4.535100E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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XIII visited on 9th Jul 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 21st Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Rive Gauche or Rive Droite? I went to the first one signed, Rive Droite. Probably better to have gone to the other side as that’s where all the information is. The Rive Droite side all got washed away in a storm on the 9th September 2002, when the river rose over 29 metres. They have pictures. Incredible.
What a lovely place. Fantastic bridge (used for over 500 years to supply water to the city of Nimes), lovely river and some splendid walks round signed footpaths which take you to various viewpoints and other bits of the ancient aqueduct system. Yes, you could spend ages here walking around, visiting the various museums etc (I didn't). Two and a half hours disappeared in no time and I was being quick. I'd best buy a book of pictures. Beautiful colours. Blue sky, golden bridge, green forested banks, shimmering green water and nearly white rocks.
Beautiful.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.5
Built around the year 50 AD, the Pont du Gard is a true testament to Roman engineering. It peaks at over 48 m and crosses the river over a length of 275 metres.
Read more at: http://ee.france.fr/en/discover/pont-gard-5
Some more info at: http://www.pontdugard.fr/en
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