page_title: Aqueduct of Valens
hierarchical_section_title: Aqueduct of Valens
caption_attribution_description: Valens Aqueduct in Constantinople.
context_page_description: The Aqueduct of Valens was a Roman aqueduct system supplying Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman empire. Completed by Roman Emperor Valens in the late 4th century AD, the Aqueduct of Valens was in use for many centuries, extended and maintained by the Byzantines and the Ottomans.
  The final and most visible aqueduct bridge in the system survives in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey, named in Turkish: Bozdoğan Kemeri, lit. 'Aqueduct of the Grey Falcon'. The Bozdoğan Kemeri remains one of the most important landmarks of the city and Atatürk Boulevard passes under its arches.
  Bozdoğan Kemeri spans the valley between the hills occupied today by the Istanbul University and the Fatih Mosque, formerly the site of the Church of the Holy Apostles. The surviving section is 921 metres long, about 50 metres less than the original length.
context_section_description: The Aqueduct of Valens (Turkish: Valens Su Kemeri, Ancient Greek: Ἀγωγὸς τοῦ ὕδατος, romanized: Agōgós tou hýdatos, lit. 'aqueduct') was a Roman aqueduct system supplying Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman empire. Completed by Roman Emperor Valens in the late 4th century AD, the Aqueduct of Valens was in use for many centuries, extended and maintained by the Byzantines and the Ottomans. 
  The final and most visible aqueduct bridge in the system survives in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey, named in Turkish: Bozdoğan Kemeri, lit. 'Aqueduct of the Grey Falcon'. The Bozdoğan Kemeri remains one of the most important landmarks of the city and Atatürk Boulevard (Atatürk Bulvarı) passes under its arches.
  Bozdoğan Kemeri spans the valley between the hills occupied today by the Istanbul University and the Fatih Mosque, formerly the site of the Church of the Holy Apostles. The surviving section is 921 metres long, about 50 metres less than the original length.
caption: Western end of the Bozdoğan Kemeri
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