{"id":14294,"date":"2026-05-09T12:53:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/?p=14294"},"modified":"2026-10-13T21:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:31:41","slug":"acquedotto-di-pontcysyllte-galles-nord-orientale-regno-unito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/united-kingdom\/wales\/pontcysyllte-aqueduct-northeast-wales-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Acquedotto di Pontcysyllte, Galles nord-orientale, Regno Unito"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019acquedotto di Pontcysyllte \u00e8 una delle opere di canalizzazione pi\u00f9 impressionanti d\u2019Europa e un simbolo della Rivoluzione industriale nel Galles nord-orientale. Progettato da Thomas Telford e William Jessop e inaugurato nel 1805, porta il canale di Llangollen attraverso la valle del fiume Dee. Diciannove arcate su snelli piloni di pietra sorreggono una vasca in ghisa lunga 307 metri, a 38 metri sopra il fiume: \u00e8 il pi\u00f9 lungo acquedotto della Gran Bretagna e il pi\u00f9 alto ponte-canale del mondo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019acquedotto e 18 chilometri di canale sono patrimonio mondiale dell\u2019UNESCO dal 2009. La sua caratteristica pi\u00f9 insolita \u00e8 la stretta vasca di ferro: da un lato corre un\u2019alzaia con ringhiera, ma dall\u2019altro il bordo sporge appena dall\u2019acqua, cos\u00ec le barche sembrano galleggiare in alto sopra la valle. Viene spesso chiamato \u00abil ruscello nel cielo\u00bb. Si pu\u00f2 attraversare a piedi lungo l\u2019alzaia oppure a bordo di una tradizionale narrowboat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Informazioni per i visitatori<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La maggior parte delle visite parte da Trevor Basin, all\u2019estremit\u00e0 nord dell\u2019acquedotto, dove un centro visitatori gratuito spiega come fu costruito. La traversata a piedi richiede circa dieci minuti per tratta, e alcuni sentieri scendono nella valle per la classica veduta delle arcate dal basso. L\u2019alzaia prosegue a ovest fino a Llangollen, a circa 7 km, e a sud fino all\u2019acquedotto di Chirk: due belle passeggiate per chi ama camminare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walking across the aqueduct is free and the towpath is open at all times. In 2026 the 45-minute boat trip across the aqueduct from Trevor Basin with Anglo Welsh costs \u00a310 for adults and \u00a36 for children up to 16, with a family ticket at \u00a325; trips run daily from the beginning of April through the summer season. Longer cruises to the aqueduct leave from Llangollen Wharf. Come early in the morning or on a weekday in summer, because the narrow towpath gets crowded at weekends and on holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aqueduct lies between Llangollen and Wrexham, about 6 km east of Llangollen. Buses between Wrexham and Llangollen stop in Trevor, a few minutes\u2019 walk from the basin. The nearest railway stations are Ruabon and Chirk, on the line between Chester and Shrewsbury, from where you can continue by bus or taxi. Drivers should use the signposted visitor car parks in Trevor, as parking in the village streets is discouraged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\" data-id=\"14347\" src=\"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_2-1024x790.jpg\" alt=\"Una narrowboat sull\u2019acquedotto di Pontcysyllte, con l\u2019alzaia e Trevor Basin sullo sfondo\" class=\"wp-image-14347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_2-1024x790.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_2-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_2-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_2-1536x1185.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_2-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" data-id=\"14346\" src=\"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_1-1024x709.jpg\" alt=\"Una narrowboat attraversa la vasca di ferro dell\u2019acquedotto di Pontcysyllte, in alto sopra la valle del Dee\" class=\"wp-image-14346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_1-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_1-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_1-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_1-1536x1064.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L\u2019acquedotto di Pontcysyllte, del 1805, porta il canale di Llangollen a 38 metri sopra il fiume Dee, in Galles: sito UNESCO, si attraversa a piedi gratuitamente.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1075,977,1077,1020],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wales","category-architecture","category-unesco-heritage","category-united-kingdom"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14294"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17059,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14294\/revisions\/17059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}