Pont du Gard

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Roman aqueduct bridge World Heritage Site tourist attraction

Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge in southern France, renowned for its impressive three-tiered arches and exceptional state of preservation.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pont du Gard aqueduct	2
Nîmes aqueduct	1
Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct	1
Pont du Gard UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
The Pont du Gard	1
ancient Roman aqueduct Pont du Gard	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman aqueduct bridge ⓘ World Heritage Site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	ancient Roman architecture ⓘ
builtBy	Romans ⓘ
constructionEnd	1st century AD ⓘ
constructionStart	1st century AD ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
crosses	Gard River NERFINISHED ⓘ Gardon ⓘ
function	aqueduct ⓘ bridge ⓘ
hasPart	lower tier of arches ⓘ middle tier of arches ⓘ upper tier of arches ⓘ water channel ⓘ
height	about 48 meters ⓘ
heritageCriteria	UNESCO cultural criterion (i) ⓘ UNESCO cultural criterion (iii) ⓘ UNESCO cultural criterion (iv) ⓘ UNESCO cultural criterion (vi) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
length	about 275 meters ⓘ
locatedIn	Gard department ⓘ Occitanie NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNear	Remoulins ⓘ Vers-Pont-du-Gard ⓘ city of Nîmes ⓘ
maintainedBy	local and national heritage authorities ⓘ
materialUsed	limestone ⓘ
numberOfArches	35 ⓘ
numberOfTiers	3 ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.pontdugard.fr ⓘ
ownedBy	Government of France ⓘ surface form: French state
partOf	Pont du Gard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nîmes aqueduct
recognizedFor	exceptional state of preservation ⓘ three-tiered arches ⓘ
significance	major example of Roman engineering ⓘ one of the highest Roman aqueduct bridges ⓘ
status	well preserved ⓘ
touristVisitsPerYear	over one million visitors ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1985 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	344 ⓘ
usedFor	transport of water ⓘ
visitorAttraction	museum and visitor center nearby ⓘ
waterDestination	Nîmes NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gard → contains → Pont du Gard ⓘ

Gard department → containsLandmark → Pont du Gard ⓘ

subject surface form: Gard

Gardon River → crossedBy → Pont du Gard ⓘ

Remoulins → hasHeritageNearby → Pont du Gard ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Roman aqueduct Pont du Gard

Remoulins → hasLandmarkNearby → Pont du Gard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont du Gard UNESCO World Heritage Site

Occitanie → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Pont du Gard ⓘ

Gard → knownFor → Pont du Gard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct

Gard department → knownFor → Pont du Gard ⓘ

subject surface form: Gard

this entity surface form: Pont du Gard aqueduct

Remoulins → near → Pont du Gard ⓘ

Gardon River → notableStructureCrossing → Pont du Gard ⓘ

Hubert Robert → notableWork → Pont du Gard ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Pont du Gard

Pont du Gard → partOf → Pont du Gard self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nîmes aqueduct

Roman concrete → usedInStructure → Pont du Gard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont du Gard aqueduct