alès pont du gard

Take advantage of our Low Season promotions and save money during your holidays in Occitania between Cévennes and Camargue.Les Vistes, your 3-star campsite, at the gateway to the Cévennes, welcomes you between Alès, Uzès, Nîmes and Avignon. Nombre de chambres. The Nîmes aqueduct was built to channel water from the springs of the Fontaine d'Eure near Uzès to the The Fontaine d'Eure, at 76 m (249 ft) above sea level, is only 17 m (56 ft) higher than the repartition basin in Nîmes, but this provided a sufficient The reason for the disparity in gradients along the aqueduct's route is that a uniform gradient would have meant that the Pont du Gard would have been infeasibly high, given the limitations of the technology of the time. Its survival was due to its use as a In 1703 the local authorities renovated the Pont du Gard to repair cracks, fill in ruts and replace the stones lost in the previous century. In all, 35 km (22 mi) of the aqueduct was constructed below the ground. When the vague twilight began to gather, the lonely valley seemed to fill itself with the shadow of the Roman name, as if the mighty empire were still as erect as the supports of the aqueduct; and it was open to a solitary tourist, sitting there sentimental, to believe that no people has ever been, or will ever be, as great as that, measured, as we measure the greatness of an individual, by the push they gave to what they undertook. Voir les Gites et Locations disponibles à la réservation en ligne.

"The hugeness, the solidity, the unexpectedness, the monumental rectitude of the whole thing leave you nothing to say – at the time – and make you stand gazing. Later aqueducts had a more sophisticated design, making greater use of concrete to reduce their volume and cost of construction.

The Pont du Gard is the highest of all Roman aqueduct bridges, and one of the best preserved. Location: Nîmes is 27 km away, Avignon is 21 km away. This time the object surpassed my expectation, for the only time in my life. Some sections of the channel are tunnelled through solid rock. The Pont du Gard is one of the three or four deepest impressions they have left; it speaks of them in a manner with which they might have been satisfied. The road bridge adjacent to the aqueduct. Only the Romans could have produced such an effect. It was the first work of the Romans that I had seen.

I confess to a great reluctance to praise what has been praised too much; but so it is. Pour un séjour. It contains an estimated 50,400 tons of limestone with a volume of some 21,000 mThe method of construction is fairly well understood by historians.The builders would have made extensive use of cranes and Stonework on the Pont du Gard, showing the protruding blocks that were used to support the scaffolding For centuries the local lords and bishops were responsible for its upkeep, in exchange for the right to levy tolls on travellers using it to cross the river. The The construction of the aqueduct has long been credited to the Roman emperor From the 4th century onwards, the aqueduct's maintenance was neglected as successive waves of invaders disrupted the region.Although some of its stones were plundered for use elsewhere, the Pont du Gard remained largely intact. Dans un hébergement labellisé .

This height limit governed the profile and gradients of the entire aqueduct, but it came at the price of creating a "sag" in the middle of the aqueduct. I wandered about the three storeys of this superb edifice although my respect for it almost kept me from daring to trample it underfoot. At the reception, maps of the various trails are available for your outings on horseback or in pony, your walks on foot or by bike. If you are a camper, take advantage of our large pitches for tent, caravan or camper-van in the shade of pine trees for a beautiful holiday between the Cevennes and Camargue!Masterpiece of antiquity, you will discover 30 km from the campsite this majestic aqueduct, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which in the 1st century supplied water to the city of Nîmes. From the A9 motorway, take exit 23 at Remoulins towards Uzès, then follow the signs to the right or left banks.

The gradient profile before the Pont du Gard is relatively steep, descending at 0.67 metres (2 ft 2 in) per kilometre, but thereafter it descends by only 6 metres (20 ft) over the remaining 25 kilometres (16 mi). The bridge has three tiers of arches, stands 48.8 m (160 ft) high, and descends a mere 2.5 centimetres (1 in) – a gradient of only 1 in 18,241 – while the whole aqueduct descends in height by only 12.6 m (41 ft) over its entire length, indicative of the great precision that The aqueduct formerly carried an estimated 40,000 mAfter the Roman Empire collapsed and the aqueduct fell into disuse, the Pont du Gard remained largely intact due to the importance of its secondary function as a toll bridge. The Pont du Gard site is open to the public every day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in July and August. It takes its name from the river Gard (Gard in Occitan old language), or Gardon crossing it. You are close to the most beautiful natural and cultural sites of Occitania and Provence, close to the Mediterranean.It is located in a triangle between Alès 16 km north, with its cathedral and Fort Vauban, Nimes south with its famous bullring and east of Uzès with its duchy and Avignon famous for its prestigious festival and the “Palais de Papes”.Visit Anduze, the door of the Cevennes or go down to Arles to discover the Camargue. [O]ne is struck dumb with astonishment; you are walking in a desert where nothing reminds you of man; cultivation has disappeared; there are ravines, heaths, blocks of rock, clusters of rushes, oaks, massed together, a stream which flows by a melancholy strand, wild mountains, a silence like that of Thebaid, and in the midst of this landscape springs up the most magnificent object that civilization has created for the glory of the fine arts. Lieux de votre séjour.

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