Works of the past very present

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Works of the past very present

In Inergia always we point to the future but also admire the engineering and know-how in the constructions of the past. As a company of the Costa del Sol, a territory rich in vestiges of great works in which our ancestors with their architecture, They printed a lot of talent, It could not be otherwise.

Europe was imbued with a new illustrated environment intended, through reason and science develop cities, take them one step further and meet the needs of a growing population. the construction of a water supply system increased the number of inhabitants of the city of Malaga essential to much more developed. A) Yes, en 1784 Carlos III approved the construction of the aqueduct of San Telmo would take Guadalmedina river water along a little less than eleven kilometers to the city.

Plane traced by Vincent and Monzon

 

The construction works lasted two years and was in charge of the architect José Martin de Aldehuela who did not just make a practical and functional work but he sought innovation and aesthetics, combining forms, materials and construction techniques. He had to overcome a difficult terrain, They would be needed nothing less than 15 bridges and several waterfalls that allow control the flow and slow the flow very steep sections. It would be responsible for transporting drinking water to a number of sources but also irrigation water would also allow the operation of several mills, so it had two levels, one for drinking water and one for irrigation and mills.

 

And early twenty-first century restoration and recovery of certain sections of the work being for reinstating the citizen enjoys started, with a plan that includes green areas and games and an open amphitheater, in addition to the iconic monument.

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