Miraculous Aqueduct

Local nameAcueducto de los Milagros
LocationMérida, Spain

The Acueducto de los Milagros is the ruins of a Roman aqueduct bridge, part of the aqueduct built to supply water to the Roman colony of Emerita Augusta, today Mérida, Spain.

Only a relatively small stretch of the aqueduct still stands, consisting of 38 arched pillars standing 25 metres high along a course of some 830 metres. It is constructed from opus mixtum – granite ashlar blocks interspersed with red brick – utilising a double arcade arrangement. The structure originally brought water to the city from a reservoir called the Proserpina Dam, fed by a stream called Las Pardillas, around 5 km to the north-west of Mérida.It is thought to have been constructed during the 1st century AD, with a second phase of building around 300 AD.

Tags RuinsUNESCOAqueductBridgeHeritage
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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acueducto_de_los_Milagros

Address Mérida 06800, Spain

Coordinates 38°55'26.294" N -6°20'52.449" E

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