Tunisia - The Roman hydraulic complex of Zaghouan-Carthage
This is the largest complex of its kind ever made. It combines three components: the catchments of four main sources endowed with a monumental setting, the nymphaeum commonly known as the "temple of the waters", of great archaeological value, a 132 km aqueduct generally flower or underground route and many parts of which mark the landscape in many places with arches of more than 20 m high, and the storage tanks of the Maalga in Carthage, to which must be added the large public baths of Carthage, said baths of Antonin, located at seaside and which constituted the ultimate goal and the result of all. Built in the early 2nd century AD, this complex has since marked the landscape until today and has had an exceptional longevity since, even today, a good part of its pipes is still functional.
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