Pont du Gard

The Pont du Gard (Bridge of Gard) is a Roman aqueduct built in the first century. It stands about 160 feet (49m) high and is over 1,100 feet (360m) long as it crosses the Gardon river. At its peak it could support 11m gallons (40k cubic meters) of water per day as part of the transport from the aquifers at Uzes to Nimes, a distance of 30 miles (50km).
It’s a 30 min drive from Nimes to either side of the Pont. There is a nice museum and history section (no dogs allowed, doggonit daisy!) and it’s surrounded by 395 acres (160 hectares) of protected lands from the river bed to the top of the bridge.
We spent 2 hours wandering around the grounds, exploring both sides of the bridge and generally wandering around poorly marked trails (which makes Bill happy). We found many Strawberry trees with arbutus berries on them. While they are edible, it’s not much of a crop. Incidentally it is the national tree of Italy due to its red fruit, white flowers and green leaves!Baca selengkapnya