ACQUEDOTTO ROMANO

The Romanesque infrastructures are an important testimony of the Campanian past and its importance in the history of the peninsula. The water supply in the municipium occurred through the passage in ceramic pipes and - more often - lead, supported and transported by brick and cement structures, built with arches and with which the right slope was provided. A particularity makes the architecture particularly fascinating, the provision of manholes for inspection, at regular intervals, and the use read more

The Romanesque infrastructures are an important testimony of the Campanian past and its importance in the history of the peninsula. The water supply in the municipium occurred through the passage in ceramic pipes and - more often - lead, supported and transported by brick and cement structures, built with arches and with which the right slope was provided. A particularity makes the architecture particularly fascinating, the provision of manholes for inspection, at regular intervals, and the use of the inverted siphon technique to maintain constant water pressure. In the territory of Contursi Terme the remains of a Salerno portion of the aqueduct are still visible today, now merged into the beautiful nature of the Sele valley. read less