Today we speak of history, anecdotes and peculiarities related to this place, which it is a masterpiece of innovation both in engineering and style. The site, that enriches the artistic and touristic scenery of the province of Caserta, It is protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site by 1997.
The construction of this aqueduct was an extraordinary architectural achievement that carried water from the springs Fizzo the waterways of the Royal Palace of Caserta. This allowed Luigi Vanvitelli to increase his fame, failing to refute all the skeptics who believed that the water of the fizz would never come to Caserta.
The aqueduct caused water even in Sant'Agata de’ Goths, San Leucio and mills, the tanks, all fontane, take fisheries, the gardens and the water systems of the entire palace and the city of Caserta. Besides, it also served to irrigate the fields and watering livestock.
How it all started
from il 1753 and the 1755 It was built the first aqueduct trunk from the sources to the upstream Fizzo Ciesco. from il 1755 and the 1762 It was drilled Mount Cross, where they found many difficulties, such as deciding to suspend work. Later he continued with the drilling of Gelding mountains, Acquavivola, Sacristy, Proud, Fano and Durazzano.
In 1755 also it came to the drilling of the upstream Longano. Vanvitelli then decided to reach the upstream Garzano through the construction of a bridge that would overcome the large valley between two mountains. The bridge, so-called Ponti della Valle, at the time was the longest bridge in Europe and recalls the style of the Roman ones, but surpasses them in majesty. Vanvitelli not stopped, He decided to also pierce the upstream Garzano. After three years of hard work, using gunpowder, He completed this part. In 1759 Charles of Bourbon inaugurated this first part of the work.
The aqueduct architectural masterpiece was the proudest of Vanvitelli and all the workers who had collaborated with him under the technical guidance of Collecini and Patturelli. The water finally gushed from the hill Briano, fueling numerous waterfalls of the park Reggia, just in time to greet the new Queen of Naples, Maria Carolina, which it was named after the opera.
of the location
The part of Bridges of the Valley is considered one of the greatest works of art in the world and is the most spectacular element of the entire duct. That bridge with its triple well proportioned arches testifies, centuries later, the pioneering genius of Vanvitelli. I 44 pylons of the upper part are a square plan and ending with a wide road nearly two meters enclosed by two collars. The internal passages formed above each order bright galleries useful to the system control. The red plaster on brick lends an air firm but harmonious on the gray tufa.
Any advice for the visit
The work is wonderful at any time of day, even late at night if there is the light of the full moon. If you climb the mountain Garzano, It passes the arch that carries the large memorial stones of the construction of the aqueduct, then halfway up the hill is passed under an arch of the last of the arches of the duct level. From there the view of the Bridges of the Valley is spectacular.
When there is good weather in these areas it is custom to picnics and long walks between the decks. Often in place you can find to find sellers of various kinds and also those of street food selling in particular 'or pede and' or musso, typical meal, tasty and cheap sliced ​​done with the foot and the calf's snout and served with salt and lemon to eat strictly by hand.
