The Caroline Aqueduct (also known as Aqueduct of Vanvitelli) winds over 38 kilometers from Bucciano, in the province of Benevento, to Caserta. On May 7th, 1762, although the aqueduct had not been completed yet, one of its major portions – including Luigi Vanvitelli's masterpiece, the section bridging the Maddaloni Valley – was inaugurated.

The great architect (Naples, 1700-Caserta, 1773) was very anxious about the event. He waited for water to flow into the aqueduct, just outside the tunnel in Monte Garzano, with a number of important people including, first and foremost, Ferdinand IV, King of Naples and of the Two Sicilies.

Read more

Source: http://www.italianways.com/