6-449: The Acqua Vergine is one of several Roman aqueducts that deliver pure drinking water to Rome. Its name derives from its predecessor Aqua Virgo , which was constructed by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in 19 BC. Its terminal castellum is located at the Baths of Agrippa, and it served the vicinity of Campus Martius through its various conduits. In an effort to restore fresh water to Rome during
12-520: A small town called Salone. From the same source, but running different courses, two separate aqueducts emerge: Today, as in days of old, the Acqua Vergine is regarded as furnishing some of the purest drinking-water in Rome, reputed for its restorative qualities. Many people to this day can be seen filling containers for drinking and cooking in its splendid fountains, including: List of aqueducts in
18-565: The Renaissance, Pope Nicholas V , in 1453, renovated the main channels of the Aqua Virgo and added numerous secondary conduits under Campo Marzio . The original terminus, called a mostra , which means showpiece , was the stately, dignified wall fountain designed by Leon Battista Alberti in Piazza dei Crociferi . Due to several additions and modifications to the end-most points of the conduits during
24-620: The city each day mostly from the Aniene river and the Apennine Mountains , serving a million citizens. Detailed statistics for the city's aqueducts were logged around 97 AD by Sextus Julius Frontinus , the Curator Aquarum (superintendent of the aqueducts) for Rome during the reign of Nerva . Less information is known about aqueducts built after Frontinus. These estimates may not have considered water loss. Modern engineers have questioned
30-401: The city of Rome This article lists ancient Roman aqueducts in the city of Rome . In order to meet the massive water needs of its huge population, the city of Rome was eventually supplied with 11 aqueducts by 226 AD, which were some of the city's greatest engineering achievements. Their combined capacity was capable of supplying at least 1,127,000 m (nearly 300 million gallons) of water to
36-540: The years that followed, during the Renaissance and Baroque periods, the Acqua Vergine culminated in several magnificent mostre - the Trevi Fountain and the fountains of Piazza del Popolo . Beginning as rainwater falling on the Alban Hills to the east of Rome, then percolating through miles of volcanic tuff , the water springs forth in marshland approximately eight miles to the east of Rome off Via Collatina , in
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