La Chiesa di San Giorgio ed i suoi affreschi

THE ROMAN AQUEDUCTS
OF SAN GIORGIO

Map showing direction of aqueducts found.

THE FIRST AQUEDUCT

In San Giorgio were found two different types of aqueduct, the first was an underground pipeline from the river starting Lia (near Casa Roma) and is directed towards the points 1 and 2 of the map.
The base consisted of rectangular stones of the length of 60cm, while the time was made up of pebbles and concrete to a thickness of 50cm.

The picture is highlighted as it was built the ancient aqueduct.

The two photos represent the first aqueduct found in step 1 of the map.

THE SECOND AQUEDUCT

Aqueduct shaped channel found in step 3.

The second type of aqueduct found, looks instead to a channel, and was found only in section 3 of the map.
It started with a good chance the Località Lago (Lago means lake, Pin current case), where in the past there was a small basin of water. This water is directed to place a yard in front of Casa Spiridona, where there are traces of the presence of two circular tanks, one large and one smaller inside the first. It is capable of settling tanks of water, which was more dirty than that of water coming from Lia.
From these tanks started another underground aqueduct, probably went in one larger pipeline, with the first one, which could carry the water to Oderzo (Opitergium called by the Romans), in a particular time of water shortages of the town.
Part of the aqueducts, as is clearly visible in the first finding, were demolished in recent times, most likely after the first world war, there are a large crisis, agreed to go to the pipeline, destroy it and remove the stones to rebuild houses bombed. Remain in the underground sections of the vault which was not re-usable material in construction, which was discarded and left in the subsoil.

OTHER ROMAN REST IN SAN GIORGIO

Another interesting site in San Giorgio is one place in the soil near Casa Oriente (5), here were found many objects: brick, mosaic tiles, the remains of amphorae and terra cotta pipes, etc.. Very probably this was a Roman residence, dating back probably to the second century AD, in which there were some rooms paved with mosaic.

Photos of a small collection of mosaics found in soils near East.