This is a list of aqueducts in the city of

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listed in chronological order of their construction.

Ancient Rome

Modern Rome

* Acqua Vergine Antica ** built in 1453 ** source: springs in Salone, east of Rome ** length: ; underground from its source to its terminus at the

fountain of Trevi The Trevi Fountain ( it, Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and several others. Standing high and wide, it is the lar ...

on the Quirinal Hill *

Acqua Felice The Acqua Felice is one of the aqueducts of Rome, completed in 1586 by Pope Sixtus V, whose birth name, which he never fully abandoned, was Felice Peretti. The first new aqueduct of early modern Rome, its source is at the springs at Pantano Bo ...

** built in 1586 ** source: springs at Pantano Borghese, off Via Casilina ** length: ; underground for from its source, in the channel of Aqua Alexandrina, then alternating on the arches of the Aqua Claudia and the Aqua Marcia for to its terminus at the fountain of Moses on the Quirinal Hill *

Acqua Paola The Aqua Traiana (later rebuilt and named the Acqua Paola) was a 1st-century Roman aqueduct built by Emperor Trajan and inaugurated on 24 June 109 AD. It channelled water from sources around Lake Bracciano, 40 km (25 mi) north-west of Rome, ...

** built in 1611 ** source: Lake Bracciano, northwest of Rome ** length: ; underground for from its source, in the channel of Aqua Trajana, then on arches for to its terminus at the fountain of Paul V on the Janiculum Hill, ** later piped to Vatican Hill *

Acqua Pia Antica Marcia The Acqua Pia Antica Marcia or Aqua Pia was an aqueduct in Rome. It was first built as a restoration of the classical Aqua Marcia by Luigi Canina, commissioned by Pope Pius IX. Its city terminus was the '' Fountain of the Naiads'' in the Piazz ...

** built in 1870 ** source: springs near Subiaco, east of Rome ** length: ; underground for in the channel of Aqua Marcia, then on arches for to its terminus at the ''

Fountain of the Naiads The Fountain of the Naiads ( it, Fontana delle Naiadi) is a fountain in Rome, Italy, located at the centre of the Piazza della Repubblica on the Viminal Hill. The fountain was created by the architect Alessandro Guerrieri in 1888. Its four bronze ...

'' on the Viminal Hill * Acqua Vergine Nuova ** built in 1937 ** source: springs in Salone, east of Rome ** length: ; underground from its source to its terminus at the fountains in Piazza del Popolo and the fountains on the western slope of the Pincio, overlooking

Piazza del Popolo Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the poplars (''populus'' in Latin, ''pioppo'' in Italian) after which the church of Santa Maria del ...

* Acqua Peschiera ** built in 1949 ** source: springs in Sorgenti, northeast of Rome ** length: ; underground from its source, splitting into two branches: *** ''Peschiera Sinistra'', approaching Rome from the east *** ''Peschiera Destra'', taking a westward route, crossing the

Tiber River The Tiber ( ; it, Tevere ; la, Tiberis) is the third-longest river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where it is joined by the Riv ...

at Poggio Mireto Scalo, about 30 miles north of Rome to its terminus at the fountain of Piazzale degli Eroi (Italian: Heroes' Square), just north of

Vatican Hill Vatican Hill (; la, Mons Vaticanus; it, Colle Vaticano) is a hill located across the Tiber river from the traditional seven hills of Rome, that also gave the name of Vatican City. It is the location of St. Peter's Basilica. Etymology The anc ...

* Acqua Appio-Allesandrino ** built in 1965 ** source: catchment basins along the volcano Angela at Pantano Borghese, Finocchi, Torre Angela

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Famous Fountains of Rome

Routes of Various Aqueducts of Ancient Rome

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Aqueducts Aqueduct may refer to: Structures *Aqueduct (bridge), a bridge to convey water over an obstacle, such as a ravine or valley *Navigable aqueduct, or water bridge, a structure to carry navigable waterway canals over other rivers, valleys, railw ...

Aqueducts, Roman, by date

Ancient Rome

Modern Rome

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