Aqueduct of Segovia

The Aqueduct of Segovia is a Roman reservoir conduit in Segovia, Spain. With the Pont du Gard in France, it is a standout amongst other saved lifted Roman water channels. It is the principal image of Segovia, as confirm by its quality on the city's crest. The reservoir conduit once transported water from the Rio Frio stream. It runs 15 km 9.3 mi before touching base in the city. The development of the reservoir conduit pursues the standards spread out by Vitruvius in his De Architectura distributed in the mid-first century. To achieve the old city, the water is passed on by its reservoir conduit connect. It is there the landmark starts to show its full magnificence.

Inside the walled city there was a circulation framework. The points of interest of this framework are not completely known, but rather it has been set up that the water pursued an underground course, which has as of late been set apart on the city's pavements. The reservoir conduit is worked of unmortared, block like rock squares. Amid the Roman period, every one of the three tallest curves showed a sign in bronze letters, demonstrating the name of its manufacturer alongside the date of development. Today, two specialties are as yet noticeable, one on each side of the water passage. One of them is known to have held the picture of Hercules, who, as indicated by legend, was originator of the city. The other specialty presently contains the pictures of the Virgen de la Fuencisla the patroness of Segovia and Saint Stephen.