tunnel of Eupalinos

The Tunnel of Eupalinos or Eupalinian aqueduct is a tunnel of 1,036 m (3,399 ft) length running through Mount Kastro in Samos, Greece, built in the 6th century BC to serve as an aqueduct. The tunnel is the second known tunnel in history which was excavated from both ends, and the first with a geometry-based approach in doing so. Today it is a popular tourist attraction. The tunnel is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with the nearby Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos, and it was designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 2017.

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Eupalinian aqueduct
archaeological site, water tunnel, trench, Greece, 

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  Cave of Zeus, Aydın ⓘ
  Show cave in Turkey

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  Pythagoras Cave ⓘ
  cave near Marathokampos, Samos, Greece

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  tunnel of Eupalinos ⓘ
  ancient tunnel in the isle of Samos

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Mining technique at Eupalinos tunnel in vertical cross-section

Tunnel of Eupalinos

Mining technique at Eupalinos tunnel in horizontal cross-section

Eupalinian aqueduct

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	cave		Cave of Zeus, Aydın	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Pythagoras Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	tunnel		tunnel of Eupalinos	water tunnel, trench, archaeological site	Wikidata
commons	image		Mining technique at Eupalinos tunnel in vertical cross-section		Commons
commons	image		Tunnel of Eupalinos		Commons
commons	image		Mining technique at Eupalinos tunnel in horizontal cross-section		Commons
commons	image		Eupalinian aqueduct		Commons
commons	image		Ευπαλίνειο Όρυγμα		Commons