Roman aqueduct

Road from Pineda to Hostsavinyà, near "Can Cua".
The romanization process in the Maresme lands was very intensive, as the evidence shows from the large network of villages that as from II BC spread across all along the coastline (more than 200 remains have been found in the whole region). Within Pineda's municipal area, we found the remains of a roman village in the "Mas de Can Roig", probably active between the First and Fifth centuries of our era. The archaeological remnants allow us to establish the importance of this settlement, specifically evident by the existence of a "lacus" (an irrigation cistern or pond), fed by an aqueduct which was thoroughly studied by the archaeologist Francesc Prat i Puig in 1932.
This aqueduct collected the waters of a small gorge in the valley of Sant Pere de Riu, somewhere near "Can Bufí", it had a length of 3,5 kilometres, with a slope of 40 metres, and along its course, it went over four streams.

To the right of Hortsavinyà road, near "Can Cua", there are the most interesting remains of the aqueduct: Four arches preserved in a reasonable good estate. Archaeologist Prat i Puig establishes the construction date around the end of the II century or during the III century BC Other authors believe it was built during the course of I century BC The wall is made of calcareous and granite stones gathered from the same surroundings the aqueduct crossed, then bound with lime and earth mortar, and placed in several layers at different heights. They were cracked with hammers and they tended to resemble the shape of coursed ashlars, laid in stretcher bond. Nevertheless, they are quite irregular in size and colour (yellowy, reddish and black). Rectangular pillars slightly trapezoidal supported the arches. Instead of wedged-shaped stones, we find narrow slate sections arranged in an imperfect radial shape.

The aqueduct is considered a cultural asset of national interest within the category of "Archaeological Area"