aqueducts in Rome

What is the most scenic aqueduct in Rome and where is it? I have
googled for this but am not having much luck. A link to a photo on
the net would be great -- thanks!

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:52:29 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

What is the most scenic aqueduct in Rome and where is it? I have
googled for this but am not having much luck. A link to a photo on
the net would be great -- thanks!

http://www.rome.info/ancient/aqueducts/

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wrote:
What is the most scenic aqueduct in Rome and where is it? I have
googled for this but am not having much luck. A link to a photo on
the net would be great -- thanks!

as far as I know there are 3 aquaducts in Rome .. that it is possible to
visit
one of them is still in function. and it is the one that provides fresh
water to all the Roman fountains.

On 11 Jul, 08:02, "tile" wrote:
wrote:
What is the most scenic aqueduct in Rome and where is it? *I have
googled for this but am not having much luck. *A link to a photo on
the net would be great -- thanks!

as far as I know there are 3 aquaducts in Rome .. *that it is possible to
visit
one of them is still in function. and it is the one that provides fresh
water to all the Roman fountains.

The 'Archeological' bus tour from Termini takes you to an excellent
example - it's down the Appian Way for some distance and on a road off
to the left.

Surreyman

Surreyman wrote;

The 'Archeological' bus tour from Termini
takes you to an excellent example
- it's down the Appian Way for some
distance and on a road off to the left.

The 'Archeobus Tours' have been going downhill over the years (less
vehicles, breakdowns, etc) and I just checked the official website to
give the OP the same advice to get to the Aqueduct Park (Parco Degli
Acquedotti).

But it *seems* that they have cut-out the Aqueduct Park and the nearby
Villa dei Quintili from their route.

http://www.trambusopen.com/index.cfm...rso&fermata=13

Linea Archeobus *
FERMATE Termini, Piazza Venezia, Colosseo, Terme di Caracalla, Porta di
San Sebastiano, Sede Parco Regionale Appia Antica, Valle della
Caffarella, Catacombe di San Callisto, Catacombe di San Sebastiano,
Cecilia Metella, Sant'Urbano, Capo di Bove, Stadio delle Terme, Bocca
della Verita,* Circo Massimo*
Regards, Walter



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On 12 Jul, 00:27, (Poetic Justice) wrote:
Surreyman wrote;

The 'Archeological' bus tour from Termini
takes you to an excellent example
- it's down the Appian Way for some
distance and on a road off to the left.

*The 'Archeobus Tours' have been going downhill over the years (less
vehicles, breakdowns, etc) and I just checked the official website to
give the OP the same advice to get to the Aqueduct Park (Parco Degli
Acquedotti).

*But it *seems* that they have cut-out the Aqueduct Park and the nearby
Villa dei Quintili from their route.

http://www.trambusopen.com/index.cfm...rso&fermata=13

Linea Archeobus *
FERMATE Termini, Piazza Venezia, Colosseo, Terme di Caracalla, Porta di
San Sebastiano, Sede Parco Regionale Appia Antica, Valle della
Caffarella, Catacombe di San Callisto, Catacombe di San Sebastiano,
Cecilia Metella, Sant'Urbano, Capo di Bove, Stadio delle Terme, Bocca
della Verita,* Circo Massimo*
Regards, Walter

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We used the Archeo tour in spring last year and it was fine.

Surreyman

Surreyman wrote;

We used the Archeo tour in spring last
year and it was fine.

And it was great the 2 times I used it when it used to leave from
Piazza Venezia.

I follow a few travel forums and I recall nothing but raves when it
first started but I have read over the years of problems (breakdowns,
full buses out on the route meaning a 1hr wait until the next one,
no-shows, etc).

I witnessed a breakdown at Termini ~1-2pm and the bus was still broken
down the next day (I was staying nearby).
They were hitting the starter with a hammer (which often works) so it
wasn't a major repair.
If they had a replacement bus it would be no problem but if they didn't
and you were out on the route it would be a problem or had planned on
taking it the next day.

But I'm sure the problems are the exception and not the rule.

But it does *seem* that they have cut the Aqueduct Park out perhaps due
to fuel costs as it was a bit out of the way.

Besides the official website not having it listed as a stop anymore
this map also doesn't show it.
http://www.visitandoeuropa.com/fotos...-archeobus.gif

The Aqueduct Park is ~2.7km to the right of #10 and would have been
shown a spur off the end of the main route.
Regards, Walter



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On 2008-07-11 02:02:21 -0500, "tile" said:

wrote:
What is the most scenic aqueduct in Rome and where is it? I have
googled for this but am not having much luck. A link to a photo on
the net would be great -- thanks!

as far as I know there are 3 aquaducts in Rome .. that it is possible to visit
one of them is still in function. and it is the one that provides fresh
water to all the Roman fountains.

What are the three? The only one I know of are some ruins outside the
Palatine complex.
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On 2008-07-11 02:02:21 -0500, "tile" said:

wrote:
What is the most scenic aqueduct in Rome and where is it? I have
googled for this but am not having much luck. A link to a photo on
the net would be great -- thanks!

as far as I know there are 3 aquaducts in Rome .. that it is possible to
visit
one of them is still in function. and it is the one that provides fresh
water to all the Roman fountains.

What are the three? The only one I know of are some ruins outside the
Palatine complex.

Virgo, Julia and Marcia?

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

Dan*Stephenson wrote;

What are the three? The only one I know
of are some ruins outside the Palatine
complex.

That small Palatine section of the Aqua Claudia would be the easiest to
visit, the architectural type people expect to see and historically
cool, started by Caligula and finished by Emperor Claudius. And later
a branch off of this supplied water to the Colosseum.
http://tinyurl.com/6hqpdr
[Luxor it is located on Via D. S. Gregorio between the Colosseum and the
Circus Maximus.]

**But there are sections and 'bits and pieces' of aqueducts all
around Rome but probably the best place to go if interested is the Porta
Maggiore/Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II area near Termini.
*
*Actually when arriving or leaving Termini by train there is a section
alongside the tracks (a few 100m's) before the station which is the
Aqueduct Marcia & Tepula & Julia (with the Julia being the most recent
33BC and whose waters were combined with the earlier Tepula 125BC).

**The Porta Maggiore had 3 underground aqueducts (Aqua Appia, Anio
Vetus, Alexandrina) out of sight.
**But does have the remains of 5 aqueducts (Aqua Claudia, Anio
Novus, Marcia, Tepula, Julia).

**Basically today you are seeing the Aqua Claudia (like the one in
the photo above) and above it the Anio Novus with some remains of the
others if you know where to look.

**The Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II has the remains of a large 2-story
fountain (Nymphaeum of Alexander Serverus ~226AD) that was feed from an
aqueduct branch off of the Aqueduct Claudia or Anio Novus.
**Remains of this short aqueduct branch can be see crossing Via
Filippo Turati (between the piazza and the train tracks).

Also when you hear that today some of Rome's water is supplied by the
ancient aqueducts it is true. But what is being used is actually the
ancient underground conduits and not the aboveground arch aqueducts.
**The vast majority of the distance covered (up to 59mi) by
aqueducts was actually in underground conduits with arched structures
only used when necessary.

The Aqua Marcia 140BC had the coldest, clearest and the best tasting
water.
And if I'm not mistaken the drinking fountains in central Rome are
today supplied by a spring very close too or possibly the original
(exact location unknown) source of the Marcia?

There is also a very small section of an inscribed arch of the Aqua
Virgo below streetlevel between the Trevi Fountain and Piazza Barberini
(Via del Nazareno #14). Regards, Walter



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