Acqua may refer to:

Places

Acqua Fraggia Acquafraggia (also Acqua Fraggia) is a short and frequently steep ''Torrent (stream), torrente'', or seasonal stream, of the province of Sondrio in Lombardy, north Italy. Its source is on Pizzo del Lago, at an elevation of , on the north side of t ...

or Acquafraggia, a short and frequently steep ''torrente'' (Italian: seasonal stream), in the province of Sondrio in Lombardy, north Italy

People

Antonio Acqua Antonio Acqua (5 November 1893 - 18 October 1966) was an Italian actor of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Born in Rome, Acqua was mainly active on stage and in films as a character actor, specialized in roles of lawyers, military officers, politic ...

(November 1910 - 18 October 1976), Italian actor of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s *

Camillo Acqua Camillo Acqua was an Italian entomologist, born 30 August 1863 at Velletri, Italy. He died 25 March 1936 at Ascoli Piceno. Camillo Acqua was Directeur de l’Instituto Bacologico (Institut for sericulture) at Portici (near Naples) then at Stazion ...

(30 August 1863 - 25 March 1936), Italian entomologist * Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer * Stefano Dall'Acqua, Italian footballer * Simone Dell'Acqua, Italian footballer

Aqueducts

Ancient Rome

* Aqua Alexandrina, span: Pantano Borghese to the Baths of Alexander on the Campus Martius *

Aqua Alsietina The Aqua Alsietina is an ancient Roman aqueduct, erected sometime around 2 BC during the reign of emperor Augustus, and described in the De aquaeductu of the Roman official Frontinus. Because the aqueduct was constructed under Augustan rule, ...

, built in 2 BC, span: Lake Alsietina, now Lake Martignano, northwest of Rome to the Naumachia of Augustus in Transtiberim (Trastevere) * Aqua Anio Novus, built in AD 52, span: Anio (Aniene) River, east of Rome to the Caelian Hill *

Aqua Anio Vetus The was a Roman aqueduct, commissioned in 272 BC by censor Manius Curius Dentatus and funded from the war booty seized after the victory against Pyrrhus of Epirus. The aqueduct was long, approximately four times as long as Aqua Appia, and it ...

, built in 272 - 269 BC, span: the Anio (Aniene) River near Vicovaro, east of Rome to the Viminal Hill *

Aqua Antoniniana Aqua is the Latin word for water. As such, it is often used in many words which relate to water, such as aquatic life. In English, it may also refer to: Arts * Aqua (color), a greenish-blue color Business * Aqua (Chicago), an 82-story resi ...

, a branch of Aqua Marcia that pipes to the

Baths of Caracalla The Baths of Caracalla () in Rome, Italy, were the city's second largest Ancient Rome, Roman public baths, or ''thermae'', after the Baths of Diocletian. The baths were likely built between AD 212 (or 211) and 216/217, during the reigns of empero ...

on the Caelian Hill, then to the Aventine Hill and the Quirinal Hill *

Aqua Appia The Aqua Appia was the first Roman aqueduct, and its construction was begun in 312 BC by the Roman censor, censor Appius Claudius Caecus, who also built the important Via Appia. By the end of the 1st century BC it had fallen out of use as an aq ...

, completed in 311 B.C., span: the springs 10 miles (16 km) to the east of Rome to the Forum Boarium in Campus Martius *

Aqua Claudia Aqua Claudia ("the Claudius, Claudian water") was an ancient Roman aqueduct that, like the Aqua Anio Novus, was begun by Emperor Caligula (37–41 AD) in 38 AD and finished by Emperor Claudius (41–54 AD) in 52 AD. It was the eighth aqueduct to ...

, built in AD 52, span: the springs in Subiaco, east of Rome to Caelian Hill, later piped to the imperial palaces from the mid-first century on the Palatine Hill * Aqua Julia, built in 33 BC, span: the springs near Subiaco, east of Rome to the Aventine Hill *

Aqua Marcia The Aqua Marcia () is a long Roman aqueduct, and the longest of List of aqueducts in the city of Rome, eleven aqueducts that supplied the city of ancient Rome, Rome. The aqueduct was built between 144–140 BC. The still-functioning Acqua Fe ...

, built in 144 - 140 BC; span: the springs near Subiaco, east of Rome to the Capitoline Hill (the longest of the 11 aqueducts that supplied the city of ancient Rome) * Aqua Tepula, completed in 125 BC, span: the springs near Subiaco, east of Rome, then on the same arches as those of the Aqua Marcia to the Aventine Hill *

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

(later rebuilt and named Acqua Paola), built in AD 109, span: the springs to the north of Lake Bracciano, northwest of Rome to Janiculum Hill *

Aqua Virgo The Aqua Virgo was one of the eleven Roman aqueducts that supplied the city of ancient Rome. It was completed in 19 BC by Marcus Agrippa, during the reign of the emperor Augustus and was built mainly to supply the contemporaneous Baths of Agr ...

, built in 19 BC, span: the springs near Via Collatina, east of Rome to the baths of Agrippa in Campus Martius

Modern Rome

* Acqua Appio-Allesandrino, completed in 1965, span: catchment basins along the volcano Angela at Pantano Borghese, Finocchi, Torre Angela * Acqua Felice, completed in 1586, origin/terminus: the springs at Pantano Borghese, off Via Casilin to 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 in 109 AD. It channelled water from sources around Lake Bracciano, 40 km (25 mi) north-west of Rome, to anc ...

, completed in 1611, span: Lake Bracciano, northwest of Rome to the fountain of Paul V on the Janiculum Hill, later piped to Vatican Hill *

Acqua Peschiera Acqua may refer to: Places *Acqua Fraggia or Acquafraggia, a short and frequently steep ''torrente'' (Italian: seasonal stream), in the province of Sondrio in Lombardy, north Italy People * Antonio Acqua (November 1910 - 18 October 1976), Ital ...

, completed in 1949, span: the springs in Sorgenti, northeast of Rome, branching to two termini, Peschiera Sinistra, approaching Rome from the east, and Peschiera Destra, taking a westward route to its terminus at the fountain of Piazzale degli Eroi, just north of Vatican Hill *

Acqua Pia Antica Marcia The Acqua Pia Antica Marcia or Aqua Pia is 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 Piazza ...

, completed in 1870, span: the springs near Subiaco, east of Rome to the fountain of the Naiads on the Viminal Hill; first built as a restoration of the classical Aqua Marcia *

Acqua Vergine The Acqua Vergine is one of several Roman aqueducts that deliver pure drinking water to Rome. Its name derives from its predecessor Aqua Virgo, which was constructed by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in 19 BC. Its terminal castellum is located at the ...

, one of several Roman aqueducts that delivers pure drinking water to Rome; its name derives from its predecessor, Acqua Virgo *

Acqua Vergine Antica Acqua may refer to: Places *Acqua Fraggia or Acquafraggia, a short and frequently steep ''torrente'' (Italian: seasonal stream), in the province of Sondrio in Lombardy, north Italy People * Antonio Acqua (November 1910 - 18 October 1976), Ital ...

, completed in 1453, span: the springs in Salone, east of Rome to the

fountain of Trevi The Trevi Fountain () is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762 and several others. Standing high and wide, it is the largest Baroque ...

on the Quirinal Hill *

Acqua Vergine Nuova Acqua may refer to: Places *Acqua Fraggia or Acquafraggia, a short and frequently steep ''torrente'' (Italian: seasonal stream), in the province of Sondrio in Lombardy, north Italy People * Antonio Acqua (November 1910 - 18 October 1976), Ital ...

, completed in 1937; span: the springs in Salone, east of Rome to its terminus the fountains in

Piazza del Popolo Piazza del Popolo is a large Town Square, urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian language, Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the Populus, poplars (''populus'' in Latin language, Latin, ''pioppo ...

and the fountains on the western slope of the Pincio, overlooking Piazza del Popolo

Businesses and organizations

Acqua & Sapone Acqua & Sapone () was a professional continental cycling team based in Italy and participated in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. They were managed by Palmiro Masciarelli, assisted by directeur sportifs L ...

, a professional continental cycling team based in Italy that participated in UCI Europe Tour *

Acqua Limone Acqua Limone is a clothing brand from Gothenburg in Sweden, founded in 1979 by Ilse Stålblad. Their products are mainly sports Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ...

, a Swedish clothing brand *

Acqua di Parma Acqua di Parma is an Culture of Italy, Italian art of living company that produces fragrances, candles, soaps, and handcrafted accessories. All of its ranges are exclusively made in Italy, and distributed in 43 countries. History The company's ...

, an Italian lifestyle company that produces fragrances, candles, bathrobes and leather accessories * Acqua Santa Golf Club Course, a golf course in Rome, Italy * Acqua Panna, a company which bottles still water

Other uses

Acqua alta An (, ; ) is an exceptional tide peak that occurs periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea. The term is applied to such tides in the Italian region of Veneto. The peaks reach their maximum in the Venetian Lagoon, where they cause partial floodi ...

, (Italian: "high water"), the term used in Veneto for the exceptional tide peaks that occur periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea. The most known place where "acqua alta" occurs is

Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

. * Aqua Tofana, a strong poison