Proserpina Dam

Proserpina Dam
Location Badajoz (province), Extremadura, Spain
Opening date 1st–2nd century
Dam and spillways
Impounds Las Pardillas (Guadiana basin)
Height 12 m
Length 427.8 m
Width (base) 5.9 m
Proserpina Dam
Native name
Spanish: Pantano de Proserpina
Location Mérida, Spain
Coordinates 38°58′10″N 6°21′59″W / 38.969544°N 6.366433°W / 38.969544; -6.366433Coordinates: 38°58′10″N 6°21′59″W / 38.969544°N 6.366433°W / 38.969544; -6.366433
Official name: Pantano de Proserpina
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1912
Reference no. RI-51-0000114
Location of Proserpina Dam in Spain

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.

After the fall of the Roman Empire the Milagros aqueduct leading to the city fell into decay, but the earth dam with retaining wall is still in use.[1]

Conservation

It has had a national heritage listing (currently Bien de Interés Cultural) since 1912.

It is also part of the Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida, an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Arenillas & Castillo 2003
  2. ↑ Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida at UNESCO

References

  • Arenillas Parra, 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

Further reading

  • Aranda Gutiérrez, Fernando (2006), Las presas de abastecimiento en el marco de la ingeniería hidráulica romana. Los casos de Proserpina y Cornalbo (PDF)
  • Arenillas Parra, Miguel; Díaz-Guerra Jaén, Carmen; Cortés Gimeno, Rafael (2002), La presa romana de Proserpina
  • Hodge, A. Trevor (1992), Roman Aqueducts & Water Supply, London: Duckworth, pp. 87–89, ISBN 0-7156-2194-7
  • Schnitter, Niklaus (1978), "Römische Talsperren", Antike Welt, 8 (2): 25–32 (28f.)
  • Smith, Norman (1971), A History of Dams, London: Peter Davies, pp. 44–47, ISBN 0-432-15090-0


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