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Selinos Ancient Canal & Roman Bridges
The ancient canal works of the Bergama stream, from the twin Roman vaults under the Red Basilica to the multi-arched stone bridges on the plain.
The Selinos, which blocked the temple from joining its courtyard, was placed in water tunnels that have stayed in use since the Roman period. Upstream, a multi-arched stone bridge carries the stream under neighborhood thresholds and survives through later repairs. The bed beneath those arches and the vaults at the south outlet of the Red Basilica are two ends of the same flow.
Why visit
To understand that the water passing under the monument still appears, a short walk upstream, as a stone bridge.
Match the large upstream arch of the bridge with the tunnel mouths south of the Red Basilica on the same walk.
