La Pared de los Moros

La Pared de los Moros
Location Teruel province, Aragon, Spain
Coordinates 41°1′8″N 0°49′18″W / 41.01889°N 0.82167°W / 41.01889; -0.82167Coordinates: 41°1′8″N 0°49′18″W / 41.01889°N 0.82167°W / 41.01889; -0.82167
Opening date 3rd century
Dam and spillways
Impounds Farlán (Ebro basin)
Height 8.4 m
Length 68.0 m
Width (base) 2.7 m

La Pared de los Moros (English: "The Moors’ Wall") was a Roman gravity dam in Teruel province, Aragon, Spain, dating to the 3rd century AD.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. Arenillas & Castillo 2003. The authors point out that in the past many Roman structures in Spain were wrongly attributed to the Moors.

References

  • Arenillas, Miguel; Castillo, Juan C. (2003), "Dams from the Roman Era in Spain. Analysis of Design Forms (with Appendix)", 1st International Congress on Construction History [20th–24th January], Madrid


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