The Anonymous Widower

The Wignacourt Aqueduct

Often, we think that big infrastructure projects are very much something of the last couple of centuries. Just as London built the New River to bring fresh water to the city, Valletta built the seventeenth century Wignacourt Aqueduct to supply water.

Sadly, it is no longer used for water, but it stands there as a reminder of the skills that our ancestors possessed.

January 29, 2015 - Posted by AnonW | World | Malta, Water