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  • Zaghouan Aqueduct

    The Zaghouan Aqueduct or Aqueduct of Carthage is an ancient Roman aqueduct, which supplied the North African city of Carthage with water. From its source in Zaghouan it flows a total of 132 km, making it amongst the longest aqueducts in the Roman Empire.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, The Roman hydraulic complex of Zaghouan-Carthage.
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    Zaghouan Aqueduct
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    Zaghouan Aqueduct
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    Zaghouan Aqueduct
    by Nadhmi kerkeni, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 61 m

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    Zaghouan Aqueduct

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2012

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    Bridges and Water Structures

    Location

    Tunisia

    Tunis Governorate

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    2nd Century AD

    Roman

    Roman

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    Roman Monuments

     

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