Medal Bridge Of Gard View Roach Int Narrowboat Margaret Harmsworth

Description

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Bronze medal from the Monnaie de Paris (Cornucopia hallmark from 1880).
Minted in 1978.
Beautiful copy.
Engraver / Artist / Sculptor
: Margaret HARMSWORTH.
Dimensions
: 72 mm.
Weight
: 211 g.
Metal
: bronze.
Hallmark on the edge
: cornucopia + bronze + 1978.
Quick and neat delivery.
The stand is not for sale.
Support is not for sale
The Pont du Gard is the monumental part of an aqueduct over 52 km in length (52,702 m), which brought water from the Fountain of Eure, located at the foot of Uzès, to the Roman city of Nemausus, today Nîmes4, then at its peak. The waters of the spring come in part from the Alzon river, which passes through the surroundings of Uzès, and water collected from Mont Bouquet, located closer to Alès. The aqueduct itself is an engineering masterpiece, testimony to the extraordinary mastery of ancient builders: the difference in height between the starting and ending points is only 12.6 m, the average slope general being 24.8 cm per km. Because of the relief, the aqueduct winds through the small mountains and valleys of the scrublands of Uzès and Nîmes5.
The Nîmes aqueduct was undoubtedly built in the 1st century AD, as the ceramics attest. Tunnels dating from the time of Augustus had to be bypassed, which shows that the construction of the aqueduct is later, and the coins found in the reservoirs of the city of Nîmes, where the water from the aqueduct was collected. , do not predate the reign of Emperor Claudius (41-54). It is therefore believed that the construction of the aqueduct of which the Pont du Gard is a part must have been between the 1940s and 506. The number of workers is estimated at a thousand, tra
The Pont du Gard is the monumental part of an aqueduct over 52 km in length (52,702 m), which brought water from the Fountain of Eure, located at the foot of Uzès, to the Roman city of Nemausus, today Nîmes4, then at its peak. The waters of the spring come in part from the Alzon river, which passes through the surroundings of Uzès, and water collected from Mont Bouquet, located closer to Alès. The aqueduct itself is an engineering masterpiece, testimony to the extraordinary mastery of ancient builders: the difference in height between the starting and ending points is only 12.6 m, the average slope general being 24.8 cm per km. Because of the relief, the aqueduct winds through the small mountains and valleys of the scrublands of Uzès and Nîmes5. The Nîmes aqueduct was undoubtedly built in