Photo: FoNetThe Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of the City of Belgrade announced that the remains of Singidunum, found during the construction of an underground garage, will be available to the public.
The Roman aqueduct with sedimentation tank, graves and sarcophagi that were found in Vlajkovićeva Street in Belgrade during archaeological research due to the construction of an underground garage will not be buried, but will be available to the public, announced the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of the City of Belgrade.
That's what the Commission of this City Institute decided, formed to adopt a position on the importance and way of presenting the found findings.
This is the only Roman aqueduct found on the territory of Belgrade. He proves that Singidunum was supplied with water, it is known that its source was at today's Morkoluški stream and that the water was brought to the city fountains through a system of pipes. Drinking water was not thrown away, but was led from the fountains to the public city baths and lanterns through smaller aqueducts. It was also used to start grain mills and other semi-industrial plants.
The part of the water supply that was discovered is one of such secondary lines. It is assumed that it was supplied with water by a stone mine located at the foot of today's Tašmajdan.
The commission had two options: to leave everything where it was found, bury it and build an underground garage over the ancient remains, or to move the found aqueduct to another place.
This second variant was accepted, so the City Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments prescribed technical protection measures for the preparation of the Project of preventive conservation and temporary relocation of the aqueduct. Graves and sarcophagi from the 3rd-4th century will be permanently moved from the place where they were discovered and preserved in the Museum of the City of Belgrade.
All this is good news, because both the Roman aqueduct and the graves could have suffered the fate of the Stambol Gate, which was discovered under Republic Square and buried again.
In the world, it is a practice to protect this type of cultural heritage as much as possible and present it to the public.
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Soon it will have to be decided what to do with the Roman aqueduct, the only one in the Belgrade area, which was discovered under the Parliament. The start of construction of the underground garage is already delayed
