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One of the most significant recent discoveries took place in Paris in 1996 during redevelopment of the sector where the former workshops of the Sceaux railway were located, between rue d'Alésia and avenue Reille, led to the discovery of an unknown section of the aqueduct, a part of which has been
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built around the beginning of the 3rd century, other baths and public and private buildings. Around the mid-third century a series of invasions caused the inhabitants to desert the south bank and concentrate on the Île de la Cité, when the aqueduct began to lose much of its interest.
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It was a major engineering and architectural achievement, bringing water from the south, 26 km distant under gravity with a constant gradual slope. It was mainly built underground with one middle section raised on great arches to cross the
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The water was collected from the springs and the drainage of the plain located between
Wissous, Rungis, Chilly-Mazarin and Morangis, in the department of Essonne. Small channels from this area flowed into a 15 m collection basin called the
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The aqueduct arrived in Paris at the
Montsouris park, where several sections are preserved, then reached the Sainte-Geneviève hill by the rue Saint-Jacques and then into the ancient city, thermal baths, fountains and palaces.
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origin of its name, as well as that of the village itself. The Château des Arcs, built from 1548, encloses the remains of the aqueduct bridge. The bridge was about 300 m long, 18 m high and had a single level of arches.
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The rectangular collecting basin joined a series of channels from the sources of the south, in particular those of Chilly and
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The remains were rediscovered in the 19th century. They were subsequently excavated at the beginning of the 20th century by the
Commission du Vieux Paris (CVP).
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channel of variable outside dimensions (typically 0.6 m high by 1.3 m wide) and buried at a depth of about 1 m, with a 45 cm wide inside channel sealed with
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The Medici aqueduct bridge is very close to that of the ancient aqueduct.
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