🏛️ Pont-aqueduc dit le Pont de la Billanière (vestiges) à Chabanière
Roman aqueduct remains in the Rhône valley
📋 Fast Facts
- 1st century AD Roman aqueduct, part of the Gier aqueduct system
- Supplied water to Lugdunum (Lyon) from the Gier River near Saint-Chamond
- Approximately 80 kilometers long; one of the major engineering works of Roman Gaul
- Classified as Monument Historique; accessible remains visible in wooded setting
The Pont-aqueduc du Gier, known locally as the Pont de la Billanière, is a Roman aqueduct system constructed during the 1st century AD to transport water across the Rhône valley. The vestiges at Chabanière represent well-preserved sections of this extensive engineering network that once supplied the major city of Lugdunum. The ruins consist of distinctive stone arches and piers that demonstrate the scale and sophistication of Roman hydraulic construction in Gaul ...