The impressive ‘Gard Bridge’ is about 50 kilometers (30 miles) long and was build by the Romans to transport water from a fresh water spring in Uzès to the city Nîmes.
The river you can see in the picture above is the “Gard”, it originates in Cévennes and mouths into the “Rhône” river.
On the left bank of the rivers you can spot three enormous olive trees with a great history. They have been planted in the year 908 in Spain, in 1985 the three olive trees have been moved to continue their story with a view on the Pont du Gard.
1985 is also the year that the bridge has been added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites.
Before visiting I never noticed it was on our 5€ bills all along!
P.S. You still have until upcoming weekend to enter the ‘signs’ Photo Challenge.
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Awesome photos! I love Pont du Gard and it´s stunning architecture. You did a wonderful series!
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Thankyou docu :) Still, I wish I had a wide-angle lens for these kinds of photo shoots.. I am looking around for one.
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I wish you best luck for this! My advice: go to Ebay and look for Tamron 11-18mm or 10-24mm or the Sigma 10-20mm lenses, maybe you´re lucky and find an affordable one. The Tamron 11-18mm is really good, I love it, and I think it´s all one needs when it comes to non-professional wide-angle photography (for architecture you need to deal with some distortions, but no problem for Photoshop & Co.). :-)
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Amazing beautiful place my dear!!
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It is! Thanks to my parents who come here as tourists I see places like this.. I never think about doing such things.. I should!
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I’ve been there and I love it! Btw, the fun facts on the 5 euro note is interesting ^^
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I know, it’s crazy! I have seen the bridge on 5€ bills since 2002 and never noticed it.. It’s crazy!
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