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Aqua Alsietina

The Aqua Alsietina, also called Aqua Augusta, was a Roman aqueduct built by Augustus in 2 BC to supply his Naumachia with unwholesome lake water.

Aqua Anio Novus

Aqua Anio Novus (Anio Novus) was one of the eleven aqueducts of ancient Rome, begun by Caligula in 38 CE and completed by Claudius in 52 CE.

Aqua Anio Vetus

Aqua Anio Vetus, the second aqueduct of ancient Rome, was begun in 272 BC to carry water from the river Anio into the city, running almost entirely underground.

Aqua Antoniniana

Aqua Antoniniana, Roman aqueduct branch of the Aqua Marcia built by Caracalla around 213 AD to supply the Baths of Caracalla, crossing the via Appia on the Arch of Drusus; its identification with the Aqua Alexandrina is debated.

Aqua Appia

The Aqua Appia was the first aqueduct of ancient Rome, built in 312 BC during the censorship of Appius Claudius Caecus, carrying spring water into the city almost entirely underground.

Aqua Augusta (Naples)

The Aqua Augusta, also called the Serino Aqueduct, was a Roman aqueduct built under Emperor Augustus to supply eight or nine towns around the Bay of Naples.

Aqua Claudia

The Aqua Claudia was an ancient Roman aqueduct begun by Caligula in 38 AD and completed by Claudius in 52 AD, carried on some of Rome's tallest arches.

Aqua Julia

The Aqua Julia (Aqua Iulia) was a Roman aqueduct completed by Agrippa in 33 BC, carrying water about 22 kilometers from the Alban Hills into Rome.

Aqua Marcia

The Aqua Marcia was an ancient Roman aqueduct built between 144 and 140 BC by Quintus Marcius Rex, the longest of Rome's aqueducts at about 91 km.

Aqua Tepula

Aqua Tepula was an ancient Roman aqueduct built in 125 BC, the sixth of Rome's aqueducts, carrying tepid spring water from the Alban Hills into the city.

Aqua Traiana

The Aqua Traiana was a Roman aqueduct inaugurated by Emperor Trajan in 109 AD, carrying spring water from Lake Bracciano to Rome's Transtiberim district and Janiculum Hill.

Aqua Virgo

The Aqua Virgo is a Roman aqueduct completed by Agrippa in 19 BC, the only one of Rome's aqueducts still supplying the city, feeding the Trevi Fountain.

Aqualia

Aqualia is a Spanish water management company that operates the urban water cycle under concession contracts, majority owned by FCC with IFM Investors, serving about 45 million users.

Aqueduct (bridge)

An aqueduct bridge, or navigable aqueduct, is a water bridge carrying a canal over a river, road, or valley so boats can cross above the obstacle.

Aqueduct (water supply)

An aqueduct is a conduit that carries water from a source to a distant city by gravity along a gentle slope, as in ancient Rome's system.

Aqueduct at Castellum Tingitanum

Aqueduct at Castellum Tingitanum: an unnamed Roman aqueduct serving Castellum Tingitanum, modern Chlef (El Asnam, Orléansville), Algeria; cataloged in ROMAQ and Barrington Atlas 30 B4; ancient name unknown.

Aqueduct at Vorgium

Aqueduct at Vorgium: two Gallo-Roman aqueducts (11 km, 1st century; 27 km, from about 180 AD) supplying Vorgium, capital of the Osismes at Carhaix-Plouguer, Finistère, France, with up to 6,000 m³ of water daily.

Aqueduct Bridge (Potomac River)

The Aqueduct Bridge, also called the Potomac or Alexandria Aqueduct, spanned the Potomac between Georgetown and Rosslyn, carrying Chesapeake and Ohio Canal boats to Alexandria from 1843.

Aqueduct east of Djebel Zid

Aqueduct east of Djebel Zid, Pleiades place 315606, a Roman aqueduct near Djebel Zid in northern Tunisia, eastern-most of three aqueducts tied to centuriation north of Segermes, dated 30 BC to AD 640.

Aqueduct of Kavala

The Aqueduct of Kavala, known in Greek as the Kamares, is a two-tiered stone aqueduct about 270 m long at Kavala, Greece, rebuilt by the Ottomans in 1520–1530.

Aqueduct of Querétaro

The Aqueduct of Querétaro is an 18th-century Spanish colonial aqueduct in Querétaro, Mexico, whose 1,280-meter arcade of 74 stone arches carried spring water to the city's fountains.

Aqueduct of Segovia

The Aqueduct of Segovia (Acueducto de Segovia) is a Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain, built under Trajan or Hadrian to carry water from the Frío River.

Aqueduct of the Alhambra

The Aqueduct of the Alhambra is a masonry aqueduct in Granada, Spain, that carries the Acequia Real canal into the Alhambra across the Cuesta de los Chinos ravine.

Aqueduct of Vanvitelli

The Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, also called the Carolino Aqueduct, is an 18th-century aqueduct in Campania, Italy, designed by Luigi Vanvitelli to supply the Royal Palace of Caserta.

Aqueduct south of Djebel Zid

Aqueduct south of Djebel Zid: a Roman aqueduct in northern Tunisia recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer, connected to centuriation north of Segermes, cited to Barrington Atlas 33, near Djebel Sidi Zid (554 m).

Aqueduct supplying Tubusuctu from the northwest

The aqueduct supplying Tubusuctu from the northwest was a Roman water channel, 8 to 12 km long, carrying spring water from Kabylie to the colony of Tubusuctu, Algeria.

Aqueduct west of Djebel Zid

Aqueduct west of Djebel Zid: unnamed Roman aqueduct in Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia, tied to centuriation north of Segermes; one of three Pleiades-recorded conduits around Djebel Sidi Zid, near the Ksar-Soudane spring-fed waterworks.

Aqueducts of ancient Rome

The aqueducts of ancient Rome were a system of eleven gravity-fed conduits, built between 312 BC and AD 226, supplying the city's fountains, baths, and private consumers.

Aqueducts on the Canal du Midi

The aqueducts on the Canal du Midi are 17th-century structures that carry the canal over rivers, including the Répudre, the first navigable aqueduct in France.

Aqueducts supplying Kourion

Aqueducts supplying Kourion: two Roman conduits, western from Sotira (11 km, 1st century AD) and eastern from Souni (20-22 km, 2nd century), gravity-fed terracotta-pipe lines serving the Cypriot city, its baths, and the Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates.