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The  aqueduct
 



Located on the left bank
of the River Francolí, about 4 km from the town, this is one of the most important of its type still in existence in the eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula. It was a key element in a complex network of canals designed to bring water to the town from the Francolí and Gaià rivers. It is a dry construction of flat bossed ashlars made of local stone. It has two storeys of superimposed arcades, with eleven arches on the lower storey and twenty-five arches on the upper storey. It is 217 metres long and has a maximum height of 27 metres. The original covering of the canal (specus), where the water flowed, has been partially preserved. We can date the construction of the aqueduct to the first century AD.