🏛️ Vestiges du pont-aqueduc dit le Grand Bozançon à Chabanière
Roman aqueduct remains in the Rhône department
📋 Fast Facts
- 1st century AD Roman aqueduct system supplying Lugdunum (Lyon)
- Approximately 80 kilometers long, stretching from the Gier River to Lyon
- Classified as Monument Historique by French Ministry of Culture
- Well-preserved arches and piers accessible to the public in a wooded setting
The Vestiges du pont-aqueduc dit le Grand Bozançon at Chabanière represent one of the most significant Roman engineering projects in Gaul. Constructed in the 1st century AD as part of a vast aqueduct network, these ruins consist of a series of arches and piers that once formed the supporting structure for water channels conveying water from the Gier River near Saint-Chamond to the Roman city of Lugdunum (modern-day Lyon) ...