Two Buildings With Ancient Water Technology That Amazes Modern Engineers

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This place is an ancient building accompanied by ancient technology. Here, water is driven by ancient technology that utilizes the earth's gravity. Until now, the technology still amazes many engineers.

Are you someone who loves travel? I think, this is a tourist destination that deserves to be included in your list of places to visit. I've put this place on my to-visit list when I'm about to start my tour one day.

Do you want to know, what are the uniqueness and ancient technology in this place?

1. The Spanish City Where Water Defies Gravity | bbc.com

At Granada's famed Alhambra palace, a 1,000-year-old feat of hydraulics still impresses engineers today.

Water is everywhere in Granada's ornate and lavish Alhambra, a 13th-Century palatial complex that's one of the world's most iconic examples of Moorish architecture.

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2. Spain's ingenious water maze | bbc.com

Invented by the region's Moorish rulers 1,200 years ago, Valencia's irrigation system is now a model for sustainable farming.

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It's early. Fingers of sunlight are only just starting to creep along the streets of Valencia's Old Town, but the stalls inside the city's
Mercado Central are doing a brisk trade already. There's a queue at the charcuterie, and the man behind the counter is slicing wafer-thin strips of jamón serrano in double time.

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It definitely has nothing to envy today's engineers, I think that if they add some of the current technology, it would be incredible, you can imagine the old with the modern, a good combination

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