Antikes Rom: Quellfassung der Aqua Traiana entdeckt

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Bereits im vergangenen Sommer wurde die Quellfassung der Aqua Traiana am Lago di Bracciano entdeckt:

Source of Trajan’s Aqueduct Discovered at eternallycool.net

For perhaps a thousand years or more, Trajan’s sacred water source was hidden under a Christian Church, now ruined and dismantled. The ancient aqueduct still emerges from under the church’s meagre remains. The water
collection chamber of the Caput Aquae (headwaters) and 125 metres of the Roman Aqueduct gallery are still in pristine condition as compared with many crumbling ruins in the centre of Rome. The entire area is rich in springs and while many other smaller springs were probably also tapped to augment the Traiana, this was without a doubt the primary spring.
Ancient evidence and Papal records confirm that this shrine is almost certainly the primary water source of Trajan’s aqueduct: The vaulted ceilings are all richly decorated with expensive Egyptian blue pigment, which strongly suggests that the great Emperor Trajan almost certainly was present at his aqueduct’s inauguration.
Until recently, this water source was considered by some to be a local, regional aqueduct of eighteenth-century origin. However, when documentary filmmakers Michael and Edward O’Neill descended below the chapel with powerful lights for filming of the underground galleries revealed that the brickwork and waterproof hydraulic cement lining the tunnels is absolutely characteristic of the Trajanic age.

Vergleiche:
Two thousand year old Roman aqueduct discovered - Telegraph
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Secrets of Roman aqueduct lie in chapel, say UK film-makers | World news | The Guardian
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Il Caput Aquae, acquedotto di Traiano - Cultura e Tendenze - ANSA.it

 

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Römisches Aquädukt unter Kapelle entdeckt

Der berühmte Aqua-Paola-Brunnen in Rom. wird von einem Aquädukt gespeist, das Kaiser Trajan im Jahr 109 n.Chr. baute. Nach 1500 Jahren Betrieb ließ Papst Paul V. es erneuern – fortan wurde die antike Wasserleitung Aqua Paola genannt.

Römisches Aquädukt unter Kapelle entdeckt - Archäologie : sci-tech, science | euronews

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