MEDICAL AQUEDUCT

It's an incredible testimony to man's ingenuity. In the second half of the iie century, the Romans built a 15 km aqueduct to drain the waters of the southern plateau south of Lutèce. Abandoned, it will serve as stone quarries throughout the Middle Ages. Many fragments of this book were found: some of them are visible at the Carnavalet Museum in Paris. Much later, Henri IV launches a new water project, but it is his widow, Marie de Médicis, who starts him in 1613. The starting point for this underground network is located today on Rungis' Lucien Grelinger stadium. This is the Great Royal Look, which is inaugurated by the future Louis XIII then 12 years old. The most visible section of the aqueduct, which is recalled mainly underground, is located in Arcueil where it follows the route of the ancient Roman aqueduct, which can still be seen as two pillars attached to the arcades of its successor. The arrival point is located at the Paris Observatory level. Guided tours are organized upon request by the Association of the Rungis Historical and Archeological Society: make sure you have boots and an electric lamp!