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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 829261" data-attributes="member: 53455">Roman remains: the Aqueduct of the Gier (2023)For about twelve years, I drove every morning through the village of Chaponost (near Lyon) while going to the office, with hardly more than a cursory glance at the remains of the Gallo-Roman aqueduct. As this remarkable monument is currently about to be restored thanks to funding by the Fondation du Patrimoine, for which I work as a pro bono photographer, I was requested to go and take some photos of it.This aqueduct is one of the four that brought fresh water to the city of Lyon during Roman times, and the longest of the four, with its 85 kilometers. Built during the 1st century CE, its impressive ruins were listed as Historic Landmarks in various steps from 1875 until 1986. It is very interesting to study its structure: inside, the blocage, i.e., a mix of rubble and pebbles held together with mortar, and on the outside, a decorative apparel of thin bricks and small square stones arranged in opus reticulatum. It wasn’t just a purely utilitarian construction; it also had to look good.This steeply climbing part of the aqueduct is a goose neck or U–bend allowing the water to cross over a river valley (to the right) and climb back up to the normal level of the aqueduct, which has been designed to offer a slight incline to bring the water to its destination.Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head.[ATTACH=full]415492[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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