Gozo Aqueduct

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| name = Gozo Aqueduct

| image = Gozo Aqueduct.JPG

| caption = A surviving section of the Gozo Aqueduct in Victoria

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| starts = Kerċem

| ends = Victoria

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| begin = 1839

| open = 1843

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| coordinates = {{coord|36|2|56.5|N|14|13|38.4|E|region:MT|display=inline}}

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The Gozo Aqueduct is an aqueduct on the island of Gozo, Malta. It was built by the British between 1839 and 1843 to transport water from Għar Ilma in the limits of Kerċem to Victoria.{{cite book |last1=Rix |first1=Juliet |title=Malta and Gozo |date=2015 |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |isbn=9781784770259 |page=296 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WmKKCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA296}} A reservoir was built within the ditch of the Cittadella to store water which most probably stored water coming from the Cittadella itself.{{cite web|title=Ditch – Cittadella |url=https://culture.gov.mt/en/culturalheritage/NICPMI_Database/1470.pdf |website=National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands |date=28 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507191544/https://culture.gov.mt/en/culturalheritage/NICPMI_Database/1470.pdf |archivedate=7 May 2022 }} An obelisk was built near the reservoirs to commemorate the opening of the aqueduct.{{cite web|title=Aqueducts|url=http://www.visitgozo.com/en/item/sight-seeing-places-of-interest/aqueducts-1147/|website=Visit Gozo|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011115910/http://www.visitgozo.com/en/item/sight-seeing-places-of-interest/aqueducts-1147/|archivedate=11 October 2015}}

File:Gozo Aquaduct Obelisk June 2016.jpeg

The aqueduct fell into a state of disrepair after it was replaced by a system of pipes and electrical pumps. Large sections of it were lost in a series of collapses, the latest of which occurred during a storm in the 1980s. Despite this, significant portions of the aqueduct's arches still stand, and they are regarded to have value as a ruin.

In 2019, it was reported that the Ministry for Gozo had plans to reconstruct the entire aqueduct, a project which would have involved the dismantling of the surviving arches. The project's planning application was suspended after opposition by the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage and the Environment and Resources Authority.{{cite news |last1=Debono |first1=James |title=Plan to rebuild Gozo aqueduct hits a snag |url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/environment/townscapes/94479/plan_to_rebuild_gozo_aqueduct_hits_a_snag |work=Malta Today |date=25 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426142939/https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/environment/townscapes/94479/plan_to_rebuild_gozo_aqueduct_hits_a_snag#.YnbEl-hBw2w |archive-date=26 April 2019}}