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This research intends to analyse the architecture and the shape of the Sicilian qanats in their historical evolution in the Palermo’s plain, and in this context the conceptual schemes that characterize the various underground traditional water and distribution systems from the late Ancient age to early part of the 20th century are illustrated. Not...
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... the ancient Greek and Roman aqueducts that had the sole function of transporting surface water (spring or river and lake basins), until the final distribution and use for mainly potable purposes (Fig. 5), the qanat systems exploit only the groundwater (aquifers) that are drained, collected and, at the same time, transported to the surface by gravity alone 20 21 (Table 1.4). Their main function is for irrigation and secondly the domestic use. Unlike the ingruttati, whose tunnels are kept underground, (Table 1.3), the qanat are emerging ...
