The Great Roman Aqueduct at Segovia

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  • Опубликовано: 3 фев 2025

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  • @NexusCapital
    @NexusCapital 3 года назад +7

    This was such a unique and cool way to film this. So many people pollute videos like this with commentary, music or lengthy intros. I wish I could tour the world with videos shot just like this. Thanks for the upload.

    • @1943colin
      @1943colin  3 года назад +3

      Thank you very much for praising my video in the way you did. You are obviously someone with an acute sense of what a good video should entail. Unfortunately there are too many who view a video primarily as a means of showcasing themselves.

    • @guyanaspice6730
      @guyanaspice6730 2 года назад

      Your other vids on European Mummies in China and Buddha art discovery. There is Buddha art with people having red hair too correct?
      I was wondering how the Romans calculated a curvature of a global earth if they did not know the size of earth. Also, Roman’s thought the earth was flat. So how could they build aqueducts for many miles with Precision through mountains if earth was not flat?
      Short distances I can understand, but not many miles of slight gradient down.

  • @XNY556-Apple
    @XNY556-Apple 7 лет назад +4

    What a fascinating structure. Thanks for the video.

  • @LondonPower
    @LondonPower 5 лет назад +4

    I missed this place for so long

  • @kurtschwochow
    @kurtschwochow 9 лет назад +7

    thanks for posting.

    • @1943colin
      @1943colin  9 лет назад +2

      +Kurt Schwochow You're very welcome.

  • @delta7155
    @delta7155 6 лет назад +17

    An amazing example of Roman civil engineering!

    • @Ο_Θετικός
      @Ο_Θετικός 4 года назад +1

      it's not ''Roman'' it precedes the Romans

    • @delta7155
      @delta7155 4 года назад +2

      @@Ο_Θετικός It's Roman; look it up!

    • @Ο_Θετικός
      @Ο_Θετικός 4 года назад

      @@delta7155 Naaaaaa, they claimed the site..Just like sooo many cultures did around the world.. I'm not a sheep, do you want to be one? ASK THEM IF THEY CAN REPEAT THIS WORK TODAY.Do it.Ask them, they're gonna say this tech is obsolete and bla bla bla....Just like the f.... Pyramids in ''Giza''

    • @musicistheanswer3020
      @musicistheanswer3020 2 года назад

      @@Ο_Θετικός are u kidding me lol this is 1000000 percent Roman, it precedes it aha ha ure so stupid

  • @lns55
    @lns55 Год назад

    The old town of Segovia is a beautiful,tranquil plsce. There sre msny. Interesting churches and buildings to see, winding picturesque streets to stroll along,and the locals sre so welc oming and friendly 5:27

  • @sambandamcecilia1980
    @sambandamcecilia1980 Год назад

    Awesome, thanks for the share🎉

    • @1943colin
      @1943colin  Год назад

      I am very pleased that you licked it.

  • @tonyselmanah7411
    @tonyselmanah7411 5 месяцев назад

    Really amazing

  • @themechanictangerine
    @themechanictangerine 2 года назад +3

    The stones are stacked on top of each other without nothing keeping them toguether except gravity.

  • @martycannon7004
    @martycannon7004 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for this. Going to see it tomorrow

    • @1943colin
      @1943colin  6 лет назад

      Well worth seeing: it's enormous.

  • @mancamiatipoola
    @mancamiatipoola 2 года назад

    Great example of ancient geopolymer polygonal masonry. Not sure if it is roman or even older than the romans, but it certainly is ancient geopolymer tech. Modern historians have attributed pretty much every structure that has arches, vaults and domes to the Roman empire even though they could be from a previous cycle of humans.
    Great footage. TY for posting!

    • @1943colin
      @1943colin  2 года назад

      You are very welcome.

  • @rogosobe
    @rogosobe 3 года назад +3

    The acqueduct is of 15 km extension.

  • @Caesar_Himself
    @Caesar_Himself Год назад +1

    Awesome footage. Based and Princeps Senatus pilled

  • @robwalsh9843
    @robwalsh9843 2 года назад +2

    Whether it's a Roman aqueduct, a Mayan temple, or the Great Wall of China, you just have to marvel at what simple human hands can do.

    • @dennisneo1608
      @dennisneo1608 Год назад

      And people think we're getting smarter.

  • @MichaelSonnier-k2t
    @MichaelSonnier-k2t 4 месяца назад

    I was there in person actually right there looking at this amazing aquaduct. The story going around in the entire city when people
    ask how did they build that..everyone says it was built by the Devil. From looking at it, that is totally believable. For real...no joke.

  • @angeloargentieri5605
    @angeloargentieri5605 3 года назад

    Meraviglia dell'ingegno costruttivo romano, la grandezza,la potenza e la gloria di Roma è aeterna, Roma invicta, Roma caput mundi....

  • @bruceburns1672
    @bruceburns1672 6 лет назад +6

    What an incredible empire it must of been , there must of been a feeling of never ending permanence to build structures like this at that time and you can see the same sort of attitude to construction from the British in the Victorian era world wide in the Empire at the time .

  • @warwickkeene363
    @warwickkeene363 6 лет назад +6

    Thanks for posting this - it is an absolutely amazing sight, almost 2000 years old and still in perfect condition. Is this the best preserved Roman monument of all?

    • @1943colin
      @1943colin  6 лет назад

      You are very welcome. As to your question, I don't know. It's certainly the biggest one I've ever seen.

    • @MrAchile13
      @MrAchile13 5 лет назад +2

      The Pantheon from Rome is also in a very good condition.

    • @sacroarte6462
      @sacroarte6462 4 года назад +6

      @@MrAchile13 Yes but the deference is the pantheon has been restored in many occasions through history and this acueduct never was touched.

  • @dennisneo1608
    @dennisneo1608 Год назад

    Magnifique

  • @LiterallyGod
    @LiterallyGod 3 года назад +2

    This happened 2000 years ago and 60% of Africa still has no indoor plumbing

  • @anndale6555
    @anndale6555 2 года назад

    How long ,in miles ,please was this?😄😎👀👁👁

    • @1943colin
      @1943colin  2 года назад

      Just over half a mile.

  • @rodparker4514
    @rodparker4514 4 года назад

    Remarkable

  • @bfoz
    @bfoz 5 лет назад +1

    Are these regular things in Spain? I get the impression they are.

    • @1943colin
      @1943colin  5 лет назад

      Yes, I would say they are. I think the reason is that Spain was slow to develop because it is such a mountainous country.

  • @pamsimonson5500
    @pamsimonson5500 6 лет назад +3

    What is useful if you want your civilization to last 1200 years

  • @LiterallyGod
    @LiterallyGod 3 года назад

    Does water still run through it?

    • @deweyhall712
      @deweyhall712 2 года назад

      The spanish government shut it off, in the 1880's, or 1890's, and use the water source elsewhere.

  • @davilox07_15
    @davilox07_15 5 лет назад +11

    When your infrastructure outlives your civilization for 2000 years you know you are going a little bit over budget.

    • @kikebautista2110
      @kikebautista2110 5 лет назад +2

      Funny thing: its was supposed to be temporary lol. And only rocks on top of each other. No concrete or anything between them.

    • @kikebautista2110
      @kikebautista2110 5 лет назад

      Funny thing: its was supposed to be temporary. And no concrete or anything between the rocks, just one over each other.

    • @ns7353
      @ns7353 4 года назад +3

      They had great engineers because they valued education

    • @AlbanianThrash
      @AlbanianThrash 4 года назад

      @@ns7353 the opposite is true. These aqueducts were structurally over-designed to hell because of a lack of knowledge of optimization and mathematics back in the day. The reason this aqueduct lasted so long is because of its over-design. The reason they were able to build something this over-designed is through the used of slave labor. A project of this scope would ironically be more expensive to construct today that is was back then even though it could probably be done in a tenth of the time. A weight-optimized form of this could be built today with probably half of the stone that is used in this aqueduct. Labor laws and the environmental impact of material use weren't things that were considered back then.

    • @McCannon21
      @McCannon21 4 года назад +2

      @@AlbanianThrash and it wouldn't last hundreds of years.

  • @AdSd100
    @AdSd100 5 лет назад

    Great video thanks for sharing it. I wonder if the entire larger columns are made with dressed stone or the middle is filled with rubble?

    • @ns7353
      @ns7353 4 года назад +2

      Each stone is real, no mortar, just fit together perfectly with precise measurement

  • @andrewx7806
    @andrewx7806 18 дней назад

    It doesn’t look Roman. Romans used mortar and brick

  • @brunodeandradeful
    @brunodeandradeful 3 года назад

    In Brazil that wouldn’t have lasted at least 50y

  • @a_lucientes
    @a_lucientes 10 месяцев назад

    The Romans were no joke. Hard to believe it's all held together by gravity.. Theyre lucky there's no crazy Americans, with bulldozers around.

  • @ianblair8515
    @ianblair8515 4 года назад +2

    This looks like fantasy, not real life.

  • @drackkor725
    @drackkor725 3 года назад

    Seems like the whole world was thrown back 1000 years after the fall of the Roman empire.

  • @silverdrop7611
    @silverdrop7611 4 года назад +1

    Good, but this video could do with some commentary. :-(

  • @bruceburns1672
    @bruceburns1672 6 лет назад +5

    Its amazing that the Germans hadn't destroyed it in their 1600 years of rampaging through Europe since they destroyed the Roman Empire and sacked Rome , and the rampage only ended in 1945 .

    • @1943colin
      @1943colin  6 лет назад

      It seems you are a worshipper of power. ALL empires are built on the suppression and exploitation of people of another race. I suspect that what you have against the Germans is their success since 1945 in building a strong democratic state, and in company with France has built a united Europe.

    • @bruceburns1672
      @bruceburns1672 6 лет назад +1

      Cold Wingnut Do you hate Jews as well Wingnut ???????

    • @1943colin
      @1943colin  6 лет назад +7

      There was not a shred of evidence in my reply to suggest that I hated anything oranybody. Is your idea of communicating with people limited to lies and insult? I suggest that this reply of yours is comprehensible solely in terms of the psychological phenomenon of projection.

    • @invaderwd
      @invaderwd 5 лет назад +1

      @@bruceburns1672 wow

    • @richardsmith579
      @richardsmith579 Год назад

      The Germans are a bit rough though, and their architecture is pretty crap.

  • @Ο_Θετικός
    @Ο_Θετικός 4 года назад +1

    Again, ancient megalithic,not Roman...looks to me that the winner always writes the history as he pleases, and the masses follow....

    • @dbrown9495
      @dbrown9495 4 года назад

      What the hell is positive dope's comment talking about!

    • @Ο_Θετικός
      @Ο_Θετικός 4 года назад

      @@dbrown9495 Take a better look at the picture..Can you re-make that today???No. and why? because the knowledge is gone.This is a megalithic structure and not some f..... roman aqueduct

    • @Ο_Θετικός
      @Ο_Θετικός 4 года назад

      @@dbrown9495 That's not Roman engineering, you're being lied to

    • @Ο_Θετικός
      @Ο_Θετικός 4 года назад

      @@dbrown9495 the Romans just claimed the site..Simple

    • @andrewx7806
      @andrewx7806 18 дней назад

      It doesn’t look Roman. Romans used mortar and brick.