Lisbon Aqueduct
Aqueduto das Águas Livres. Built in 1731-1748.
"The Aqueducto das Aguas Livres, or old aqueduct of Lisbon, 15 1/2 M. in length, was constructed in 1729-49. It supplies the town with the water of the Agtioi Livret from a point near Bellas . The aqueduct, which is partly underground, crosses the valley of the Alcantara at Campolide by a viaduct 1/2 M. long, on the top of which are two stone causeways leading to Bemfica. The largest of the 35 arches is 204 ft. high".--Baedeker 1913
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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more 
