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Nimes France: Port du Card, near nimes france, France, was built by Agrippa in 19 B.C.; it is 900 feet long, 160 feet high, and the span of the largest arch is 74 feet. All masonry, except for the water channel on top, was laid "dry." Four aqueducts built for Lyon in France by the Romans utilized siphons, made up of groups of lead pipes, to cross depressions, there being 14 on the Gier River. Vandals have long since removed the valuable metal pipes. Similar siphons are reported as being used in Italy on the Alatri aqueduct about 134 B.C.In one of the chansons, Le couronnement de Louis, Guillaume urges a reluctant Louis to accept the crown from Charlemagne. Louis' ingratitude to his faithful servant (Guillaume) is the subject of Le charroi de nimes france; in which Guillaume decides to use his strength and his wits to capture nimes france rather than accept the fiefs offered to him as an afterthought. Lured by tales of Orable, the beautiful wife of the Saracen King Thiebaut, he conquers both the city of Orange and Orable, in La prise d'Orange. His unsuccessful attempts to retire from warfare are recounted in Le Moniage Guillaume.
Materials and Construction.—Among the native building stones, tufa and travertine vere the most important. The latter, a favorite in later times, was first used in the 3d century B.C., but did not become common until the 2d century. From these and other local stones, the Romans built their aqueducts, such as the Aqua Claudia whose ruins are so prominent in the landscape around Rome; the aqueduct at Segovia, Spain; and the Pont du Card, near nimes france, France. |
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