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Aqueduct of Tyre
Tyre was founded by the Phoenicians in the 9th century BC on an island just off the coast of today’s Lebanon. The city’s claim to fame in the ancient world was Tyrian Purple, a brilliant violet dye made from a certain species of snail. Long invulnerable to attack, the city was finally conquered by Alexander the Great and revived by the Romans. Most of the monumental architecture visible at Tyre today dates from the Roman period (2nd to 6th century AD).(image via: Virtual Tourist)An island city in the sea requires fresh water to support its population, and the remains of Tyre’s aqueduct can be seen running along its former main avenue which leads to a massive triumphal arch.Roman Aqueducts
Roman Aqueducts List
- Aqua Alexandrina
- Aqua Alsietina
- Aqua Anio Novus
- Aqua Anio Vetus
- Aqua Appia
- Aqua Augusta Naples
- Aqua Augusta Rome
- Aqua Augusta
- Aqua Claudia
- Aqua Crabra
- Aqua Fontis Aureae
- Aqua Julia
- Aqua Marcia
- Aqua Nova Domitiana Augusta
- Aqua Tepula
- Aqua Traiana
- Aqua Virgo
- Aqueduct Arcier
- Aqueduct Argentorate
- Aqueduct Brevenne
- Aqueduct Bridge of Ansignan
- Aqueduct Clausonnes
- Aqueduct Contray
- Aqueduct from Gorze to Metz
- Aqueduct from Mons to Frejus
- Aqueduct in Briord
- Aqueduct in Caesarea
- Aqueduct in Carhaix Plouger
- Aqueduct Mainz
- Aqueduct of Ena Cortada
- Aqueduct of Hadrian
- Aqueduct of Los Banales
- Aqueduct of Lutetia
- Aqueduct of Luynes
- Aqueduct of Msaylha
- Aqueduct of Nahr Ibrahim
- Aqueduct of Nero
- Aqueduct of Pena Cortada
- Aqueduct of Philippopolis
- Aqueduct of Reims
- Aqueduct of Saintes
- Aqueduct of Segovia
- Aqueduct of the Gier
- Aqueduct of Tyre
- Aqueduct of Valdepuentes
- Aqueduct of Vieu
- Aqueduct of Yzeron
- Aqueduct of Zaghouan-Carthage
- Aqueduct of Zubaida
- Aqueducte de les Ferreres
- Aqueducts in Rome
- Aqueducts of Lyon
- Aqueducts of Poitiers
- Aqueduto de Sao Sebastiao
- Pont du Gard
