Roman Aqueduct of Knossos

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Apr 09, 2024 05:43 PM — History

tags: KMPP

A roman contour-grade aqueduct, carrying water from the Fundana spring, south of Knossos, to an inverted siphon bridge at Spilia and thence to Knossos.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/590414

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.2715300313, 25.1759968074

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: 19th century Spilia Aqueduct Bridge (AD 1800 - AD 1899) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM Location: aqueduct source: Fundana spring (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

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Roman Aqueduct of Knossos makes connections with:

Roman Aqueduct of Knossos flows into Knosos/Col. Iulia Nobilis Cnosos (unspecified date range)

Roman Aqueduct of Knossos receives connections from:

None

Place type:
aqueduct, spring, bridge

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See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 D2

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Knosos

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Suggested citation:
J. Bennet, G. Reger, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Roman Aqueduct of Knossos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/590414> [accessed: 23 April 2025]

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