Aqueduct

The Aqueduct is located in the southwestern part of the city. Starting from the east tower of the Main City Gate, the structure extends approximately 280 m to the south and ends at the end of the hilly area. Approximately 180 m of the Aqueduct can be tracked. The Aqueduct’s wall is 60 cm thick and is supported by buttresses at certain intervals. Just to the east of the point where the Aqueduct ends, a rectangular pool was built. The structure was built with spoliated limestone blocks and polygonal stones collected from the environment and lime mortar. In the joints of some blocks, brick fragments were preferred.

Aqueduct

The terracotta pipes used for conveying water are placed on top of the Aqueduct and these pipes were fitted with coarse mortar. It is clear that the Aqueduct was used for conveying the water of the source on the southwestern slope from the hilly area to the plain. The water conveyed by terracotta pipes was stored in the pool at the end of the waterway and from there it was probably distributed for agricultural irrigation. The source of the water first supplied the Roman Baths and then the Nymphaion A in Late Antiquity. After the Nymphaion A fell out of use, possibly well in the Byzantine period, the Aqueduct was built and the spring water was conveyed for agricultural consumption.

 

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