Aqueduct of Maintenon

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The Aqueduct of Maintenon is an unfinished 17th-century monumental aqueduct in northern France, originally commissioned by Louis XIV to carry water from the Eure River to the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.

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Aqueduct of Maintenon canonical 3

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aqueduct ⓘ
architectural structure ⓘ
monument ⓘ
architect Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ⓘ
architecturalStyle classical ⓘ
builtFor King Louis XIV ⓘ
linked to: Louis XIV of France
category Aqueducts in France ⓘ
Louis XIV architecture ⓘ
linked to: Louis XIV style

Monuments historiques of Eure-et-Loir ⓘ
commissionedBy Louis XIV of France ⓘ
commissionedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
constructionHaltedAround 1688 ⓘ
constructionMaterial stone ⓘ
constructionStart 1685 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
crosses Eure valley ⓘ
linked to: Eure Valley
currentCondition ruin ⓘ
designedBy Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ⓘ
destinationIntended Palace of Versailles ⓘ
elevation approximately 60 metres at highest arches ⓘ
era Ancien Régime France ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime
hasPart multi-tier arcades ⓘ
series of arches ⓘ
hasTouristAttractionType engineering landmark ⓘ
historical site ⓘ
heritageDesignation Monument historique of France ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1875 ⓘ
intendedUse supply water to the gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
length approximately 4.5 kilometres planned ⓘ
locatedIn Maintenon ⓘ
locatedInBasinCountry France ⓘ
locatedInNorthernPartOf France ⓘ
locatedInRegion Centre-Val de Loire ⓘ
Eure-et-Loir ⓘ
namedAfter Maintenon ⓘ
near Chartres ⓘ
Château de Maintenon ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy French state ⓘ
partOf Louis XIV grand hydraulic works ⓘ
Versailles water supply projects ⓘ
significance example of large-scale hydraulic engineering under Louis XIV ⓘ
significantEvent construction halted due to War of the League of Augsburg ⓘ
status unfinished ⓘ
waterSourceIntended Eure River ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Château de Maintenon → hasViewOf → Aqueduct of Maintenon ⓘ
Château de Maintenon → nearbyStructure → Aqueduct of Maintenon ⓘ
Maintenon → hasLandmark → Aqueduct of Maintenon ⓘ