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Roman aqueduct of Nikopolis

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The aqueduct, 50 km. long, carried the water from the springs of Louros to two cisterns in the Nymphaeum of Nikopolis. It actually consists of three parts, each constucted in a different manner:

– a channel with a vaulted, water-proof roof and ventilation shafts

– a tunnel quarried out in the Kokkinopelos valley and

– arcaded bridges that carried the water across the hills.

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