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Nationality
  
Spanish

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Full Name
  
Eduardo Saavedra y Moragas

Born
  
1829, 27 February
Tarragona, Spain

Died
  
12 March 1912, Madrid, Spain

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Eduardo Saavedra (Spanish: Eduardo Saavedra y Moragas; February 1829, in Tarragona – 12 March 1912 in Madid), Spanish engineer, architect, archaeologist and Arabist, member of the Real Academia de la Historia, Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, Real Academia Española and cofounder-president of the Real Sociedad Geográfica.

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Biography

In 1857 Eduardo Saavedra designed the highest lighthouse in Spanin - Chipiona Light. In 1860 he discovered Numantia ruins in the province of Soria and was the chairman of the committee that dealt with the archaeological excavations. While working on the project of roads between Soria and the Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma he discovered the Roman road between Uxama Argaela and Augustóbriga.

Archeological Studies

  • "Descripción de la vía romana entre Uxama y Augustóbriga", en Memorias de la Real Academia de la Historia, vol. 9, 1879

    • Arabic Studies

  • La Geografía de España de El Idrisí, Madrid, 1881.
  • Intereses de España en Marruecos, Madrid, 1884.
  • Estudio sobre la invasión de los árabes en España, Madrid, 1891.
  • La mujer mozárabe, Madrid, 1904.

    • References

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