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Aqueduct is one of the largest construction works of the Roman Empire; it was built over 2000 years ago. It was designed in order to supply water from the Frio river to the upper part of the city. Its first archs are simple, driving the water from the capital, where it is primarilly collected in a tank, to a second tower where the water is cleaned-up, canalising the the water through an ashlars-canal from one point to the other. When the aqueduct reaches Diaz Sanz’s square, it makes a right angle which is the starting point for the double archs. Due to the growing size of these archs, the canal that drives the water is in slope, what allows the water to smoothly fall towards its final destination. The highest point of the aqueduct can be found in the Azoguejo square, reaching 28 meters high.
