Opening date 1st–2nd century Length 427.8 m Province Province of Badajoz | Height 12 m Width (base) 5.9 m Designated as world heritage site 1912 | |
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Location Badajoz (province), Extremadura, Spain Impounds Las Pardillas (Guadiana basin) Similar Cornalvo Dam, Acueducto de los Milagros, Puente Romano - Mérida, Emerita Augusta, Temple of Diana | ||
The Proserpina Dam is a Roman gravity dam in Badajoz (province), Extremadura, Spain, dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD. It was built as part of the infrastructure which supplied the city of Emerita Augusta with water.
Map of Proserpina Dam, 06800, Badajoz, Spain
After the fall of the Roman Empire the aqueduct leading to the city fell into decay, but the earth dam with retaining wall is still in use.
It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1912.
It is also part of the Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida, an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.
References
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