Temples, tombs, and monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. A description and a history of some of the most remarkable memorials of classical architecture (1871)
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons · leaf 277
] S 274 THE SEGOVIAN AQUEDUCT. fitted together without cement, 69J miles in length, andopposite the former Convent of San Gabriel forming amagnificent bridge of 320 arches, the loftiest attaining anelevation of 102 feet. Thirty-five of these arches were … A Street in Segovia. destroyed by the Moors, but repaired in 1483, at QueenIsabellas cost, and under the direction of Escovedo, anable Asturian architect. The aqueduct is said to have been built by one NORBA CAESARIANA 275 Licinius in the reign of Trajan ; but according to a wildtradition, was the…
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