- Aqua Virgo: A 2000-year Roman aqueduct that still works
The Aqua Virgo, one of the eleven aqueducts serving ancient Rome, was completed in 19 BC by Marcus Agrippa during Emperor Augustus' rule
- Roman Aqueducts | Aqua Virgo
The Aqua Virgo was one of the eleven Roman aqueducts that supplied the city of ancient Rome
- Aqua Virgo | Digital Augustan Rome
The Virgo, which served the *Thermae of Agrippa, the *Stagnum Agrippae, and the *Euripus (Evans 105), was instrumental to Agrippa’s building program in the Campus Martius
- Virgo Aqueduct - Aqua Virgo - CulturalHeritageOnline. com
The Virgin Aqueduct (Aqua Virgo) is the only one of the eleven main aqueducts of ancient Rome that has remained in operation uninterrupted to this day, feeding the monumental fountains of the Baroque city, including the Trevi Fountain
- Roman aqueducts: Aqua Virgo Acqua Vergine (Rome)
In 1961, due to infiltrations caused by the modern districts built over the course of the old Acqua Vergine, the water of the ancient aqueduct was found to be polluted and was declared no longer drinkable, being used ever since only for the main fountains in the historical districts
- Aqua Virgo - Roman Geek
The Aqua Virgo was a Roman Aqueduct built in Rome in 19 BCE It was restored to working order in 1463 and is now the Aqua Vergine Location: Via del Nazareno, Rome Admission: The Aqueduct is not open to the Public but can be seen below ground through a grill
- Aqua Virgo: the only still functioning Roman Aqueduct of the Roman . . .
In the last 2 millennia, the aqueduct, commissioned by Agrippa, the right-hand man of Augusto, has never stopped bringing water to Roman citizens, and has contributed to the grandeur of the city
- Roman Monographs - Aqueducts · part III, page 3 - the Aqua Virgo, the . . .
After the 6th century, the Aqua Virgo was left the main source of running water in Rome, yet with a reduced flow, so in order to keep it working, it was restored and partly altered several times The earliest works were sponsored by pope Hadrian I in the late 8th century
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