Everything about The Aqua Virgo totally explained
The
Aqua Virgo was one of the 11
aqueducts that supplied the city of ancient
Rome. The aqueduct fell into disuse with the
fall of the Roman Empire, but was fully restored nearly a whole millennium later during the
Renaissance to take its current form as the
Acqua Vergine.
The Aqua Virgo was completed in
19 BC by
Marcus Agrippa, during the reign of the emperor
Augustus. Its source is along the 8th milestone of the
Via Collatina, about 3 km from the
Via Praenestina. According to a legend repeated by
Frontinus, thirsty Roman soldiers asked a young girl for water. She directed them to the springs that later supplied the aqueduct. The source was named the Aqua Virgo after her.
Along its more-than-20 km length, the aqueduct dropped only 4 m to reach Rome in the center of the
Campus Martius. At its height, the aqueduct was capable of supplying more than 100,000 cubic meters of water every day. The aqueduct ran underground for nearly all of its length. In
537, the
Goths besieging Rome tried to use this underground channel as a secret route to invade Rome, according to
Procopius.
After deteriorating with the fall of the Roman Empire, Aqua Virgo was repaired by
Pope Adrian I in the
8th century. Following a complete restoration and extensive remodeling from its source to its terminus points from the
Pincio to the
Quirinale and within
Campo Marzio, in
1453,
Pope Nicholas V consecrated it
Acqua Vergine.
On the 13th of June 2007, it was damaged by construction work.
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