Acueducto de Pinula, Colonial aqueduct in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

The Pinula Aqueduct is a colonial-era water conveyance system that runs through multiple zones of the city with brick arches. The construction transported water from the Pinula River using a series of arches and channels to move water across long distances.

Construction began in 1774 under architect Jose Bernardo Ramirez to address the city's growing water needs. The system supplied water to Guatemala City for more than 150 years before modern infrastructure took over in the 1930s.

The aqueduct was the preferred site for duels in Guatemala City, including the confrontation between President Rafael Carrera and Marshal Serapio Cruz, which ended without a fight when Cruz swore loyalty. The writer José Milla y Vidaurre set an adventure in his novel Memorias de un abogado at the aqueduct, then far from the city.

The remaining sections are located along 20 Calle and Boulevard Liberacion and can be explored on foot. It is best to visit early in the morning when streets are quieter and visibility of the structure is clearer.

The aqueduct was the preferred site for duels in Guatemala City. In one of the best-known, General Rafael Carrera challenged Marshal Serapio Cruz under the arches after hearing of a planned coup; Cruz swore he had intended nothing and offered to join Carrera's campaign in El Salvador.