This aqueduct near Kabaoğlu in İzmit is a Roman work of the second century AD, about 50 metres long and 15 high, built in two storeys. It is said to have been built by Pliny, governor of Nicomedia in the time of the emperor Trajan. It was used and repaired in the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods.
Getting there: take the surfaced road from Üçtepeler village towards Kabaoğlu, and at the edge of the village follow the dirt road that branches off to the left.
Getting there
- Access
- From Üçtepeler village in the İzmit district take the metalled road towards Kabaoğlu and, at the edge of the village, follow the dirt road that branches left.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Kocaeli as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6.3 °C in January to 24 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (108 mm) and lightest in August (42 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
