{"id":38469,"date":"2026-08-05T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/?p=38469"},"modified":"2026-08-11T08:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:29:51","slug":"barbegal-la-meunerie-du-bas-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/2026\/08\/05\/barbegal-la-meunerie-du-bas-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbegal, la meunerie du Bas-Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>\u00c0 la fin du I<sup>er<\/sup> si\u00e8cle av. J.-C., Arles, devenue colonie romaine en 46 avant J.-C., est approvisionn\u00e9e en eau par un aqueduc dont deux branches captent des sources dans les Alpilles. Elles se rejoignaient \u00e0 Fontvieille, au Vallon des Arcs. L\u2019eau traversait ce vallon sur un pont-aqueduc de 325m de long et continuait sa course vers Arles par le marais des Baux. C\u2019est au d\u00e9but du II<sup>e<\/sup> si\u00e8cle apr\u00e8s J.-C., que les Romains construisent \u00e0 Barbegal un second pont-aqueduc parall\u00e8le au premier et exclusivement d\u00e9di\u00e9 \u00e0 une meunerie hydraulique.<\/p>\n<p>Les visiteurs de ce site en acc\u00e8s libre d\u00e9couvrent comment l\u2019aqueduc traversait le rocher de la P\u00e8ne par une large entaille. L\u2019eau descendait \u00e0 travers deux canalisations \u00e9tag\u00e9es en 8 chutes qui mettaient en marche les roues \u00e0 aube qui faisaient tourner de 16 \u00e0 32\u00a0meules de pierre en lave de basalte. Avec un d\u00e9bit estim\u00e9 entre 240 et 1\u00a0000\u00a0litres par seconde, cette meunerie, la mieux conserv\u00e9e du monde romain, pouvait produire 4,5 tonnes de farine par jour. Pour l\u2019arch\u00e9ologue Fernand Benoit qui a fouill\u00e9 le site en 1937, ce complexe a pu \u00eatre r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par l\u2019ing\u00e9nieur gallo-romain Quintus Candidius Benignus.<\/p>\n<p>Envahi par la v\u00e9g\u00e9tation, le site inscrit en zone Natura 2000 manque de lisibilit\u00e9, de m\u00e9diation et d\u2019accueil pour le public. La commune pr\u00e9pare sa restauration et sa mise en valeur dans le respect de son classement au titre des monuments historiques.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&Agrave; la fin du Ier si&egrave;cle av. J.-C., Arles, devenue colonie romaine en 46 avant J.-C., est approvisionn&eacute;e en eau par un aqueduc dont deux branches captent des sources dans les Alpilles. 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