1906 Pont du Gard Roman Aqueduct France Vintage Postcard
About This Vintage Postcard
This striking black and white postcard captures an artistic, vertically oriented perspective of the Pont du Gard, the ancient Roman aqueduct bridge in southern France. Framed by the slender trunks and lush foliage of riverside trees, the three-tiered structure of precisely cut limestone arches spans the Gardon River, a masterpiece of 1st-century AD Roman engineering. This vantage point emphasizes the harmonious relationship between the monumental ancient ruin and the natural landscape of the Occitanie region. Built to transport water over 50 kilometers to the city of Nîmes, the Pont du Gard stands nearly 49 meters high and remains one of the best-preserved examples of Roman civil engineering in the world today.
Details
Era: Divided Back (1906–1910)
City: Vers-Pont-du-Gard (near Nîmes)
State or Region: Gard, Occitanie
Country: France
Topic: Roman Aqueducts, Ancient Engineering, Pont du Gard, Roman Ruins France, World Heritage Sites
Condition: Uncirculated
Postage: None
Address Side: divided back
Orientation: Vertical (Portrait)
Artist / Photographer: Neurdein (ND Phot.)
Publisher: Neurdein et Cie, Paris (No. 76)
Printer: Unknown
Print Type: Collotype
Additional Information
The manufacturing date for this card is narrowed to 1906–1910. The front features the specific "ND Phot." mark, which the Neurdein firm adopted in 1906. The reverse side uses a multilingual header including English, German, Italian, and Spanish, indicating it was produced for the international export market during the peak of the Golden Age of postcards. Neurdein et Cie was one of the most prestigious French firms, specializing in high-quality collotype views of national monuments. The composition of this card, using trees as a natural frame, provides a sense of the immense scale of the 2,000-year-old masonry. The site was historically part of the Grand Tour and has been protected as a monument historique since 1840.
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