Kavala Aqueduct

The Kavala aqueduct, popularly known as the Kamares is a well preserved aqueduct within the city of Kavala, Greece, and is one of the city's landmarks. While the aqueduct is "in all likelihood of Roman starting place", the existing shape dates to the 16th century. A Byzantine barrier wall of the early 14th century, constructed as a part of the fortifications on the Kavala acropolis, in all likelihood additionally functioned as an aqueduct. If so, it'd were a rare example of a Byzantine aqueduct, on account that Byzantine cities more generally used wells and cisterns in preference to both maintaining existing Roman aqueducts or building new ones.

The barrier wall was changed with the prevailing arched aqueduct at some point of Suleiman the Magnificent's repair and improvement of the Byzantine fortifications. Some authors date that production to the time of the 1522 Siege of Rhodes, but a more likely date is among 1530 and 1536. As overdue as 1911, it turned into nevertheless being used to supply the metropolis with ingesting water from Mount Pangaeus.