Aqueduc de Fontenay

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The Fontenay aqueduct, sometimes referred to as the Cher's aqueduct, is an aqueduct, largely underground, which in all likelihood participated in the water supply of the ancient city of Caesarodunum, now Towers, alongside springs, wells and another intramural aqueduct. It owes its most common name to the place called near Bléré where its starting point was located, about 25 km east of Tours, near a main source; The water table from which it emerged is still being exploited in the 21st century. He also received, throughout his journey, the tribute of several smaller sources.

The route of the aqueduct took the Cher Valley along its left bank, totally or partially embedded in the limestone hillside with the exception of some works of art required for the crossing of valleys, almost in a straight line between Bléré and Saint-Avertin, a municipality bordering Tours from which it is separated by the Cher. While much of its journey is attested, its route could not be recognized beyond Saint-Avertin, in an area deeply disturbed by urbanization, which still maintains the doubt about its...