Dromolaxia Aqueduct at Larnaka (Cyprus)
N 34° 53.544 E 033° 34.809
36S E 553009 N 3861264
Quick Description: At the coordinates, next to village Dromolaxia, you can find another still existing part of the Abu Bekir Aqueduct in Larnaka metropolitan area...
Location: Cyprus
Date Posted: 5/11/2009 5:22:54 AM
Waymark Code: WM6BYW
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Long Description:
This great and
beautiful stone aqueduct was built in 1745 by Ottoman ruler of
Cyprus, enlighted Pasha Abu Bekir, in the Roman style. Aqueduct
carried water from a source about 15 km south of Larnaca into the
town. It surfaces in a gully along the highway to Limassol and was
still in use until 1930.
Many researchers and historians
believe that this tremendous public work existed since Roman times
and that Pasha Abu Bekir reconstructed the whole project in 1745 on
the basis of the surviving facilities. This argument is supported
by the fact that a similar in construction and materials water
channel exist in the archaeological site of the ancient port at
Kilkis Street and at many other spots in the city and these water
channels remind Roman masonry as does at several points the main
aqueduct line underground or over the ground.
Comments:
Beautiful piece of old engineering Ottoman work, easily accessible from the highway Larnaka - Limassol. Worth to stop here and visit it, especially at morning or evening...
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