Morosini

The general Francesco Morosini foreseeable designed and implemented with the assistance of engineers Zorzi Corner, Raffaello Monnani and Francesco Basilicata, the megalepivolo work of water supply, the construction of an aqueduct length of 15 kilometers, carrying the waters of different sources from the northern slopes Youchtas.

Candia, now Heraklion always had water shortage. The city was supplied with water from wells with brackish water, small fountains and water tanks which collect the rainwater. Know that in 1639 there were 1270 wells and 273 tanks.

The general Francesco Morosini foreseeable designed and implemented with the assistance of engineers Zorzi Corner, Raffaello Monnani and Francesco Basilicata, the megalepivolo work of water supply, the construction of an aqueduct length of 15 kilometers, carrying the waters of different sources from the northern slopes Youchtas. The project lasted only 14 months and was inaugurated on the feast day of the patron St. Mark on April 25, 1628. The aqueduct within the city went through a trilobed bridge in its current square "Three Arches", supplied the fountain that keeps the present day name foreseeable Morosini in Piazza delle Biade, Eleftherios Venizelos Square today.