110409 Aquedoto das Águas Livres,里斯本著名的水道橋

There is a famous aqueduct in Lisbon. It was built since the beginning of 18 century and finished in 1799. The purpose was to bring the water from the countryside to the city. That's widely known "Águas Livres". To travel between two hills, Portugueses also built a bridge which is "Aquedoto das Águas Livres" that I want to visit today.

In 18 century, the aqueduct was really high with the height of 67m. Before, only horses would pass it but now, there is a highway under it. I admire that the designer was so smart to built this grand aqueduct.

During summer, people can walk on it. Therefore, I took carris 702 from Marques Pombal to Campolide train station to take a photo. Thereafter, I took carris 702 again to Cç Dos Mestres. The entrance is close to the bus stop. I paid EUR2.5 to enter and spent a half hour walking on it. It's a pity that the end of the aqueduct is blocked. I couldn't go into the park directly.

Although this aqueduct is not as old as that in Segovia, it is more elegant, beautiful and grand. I had seen this aqueduct in a PC game, Need for Speed. It seems a famous building in the world. That's why the EA collect it into the game. Although it's famous, few Taiwaneses know it.

里斯本有一個很著名的水道橋，於十八世紀初開始建造，1799年完工，當年為了現代化的需求，將遠方山頭的淨水引入里斯本市區，這條水道稱之為Águas Livres，其中一段為了跨越里斯本的兩座山頭，而建造的水道橋就是今天造訪的Aquedoto das Águas Livres。
這座水道橋橫跨里斯本兩座山頭，樓高最高點約67m，以當時真得是很高，約有十五層樓高，當年橋下只有馬車經過，到現在則是高速公路，的確很有遠見，將這座水道橋建造得如此宏偉。
這座水道橋在夏天有開放給人行走，所以今天特地跑去，先在Marques Pompal搭702公車，在Campolide火車站拍下水道橋全景，之後再繼續搭702到Cç Dos Mestres，入口離車站不遠，問問當地人都會很熱心告訴你。門票2.5歐，大約三十分鐘可以走來回。盡頭有個欄杆，沒辦法走到公園去可惜了一些。
雖然沒有像Segovia那座水道橋這麼有歷史，不過這座橋造型典雅，且更壯觀，當年在Need for Speed遊戲裡面就可以看到這座橋的身影，是相當有名氣的建築，只不過台灣人知道很少。

 現在似乎沒有水了