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Proserpina Dam
Embalse de Proserpina, Mérida (2015).JPG
Location Mérida, Extremadura, Spain
Coordinates 38°58′10″N 6°21′59″W / 38.969544°N 6.366433°W / 38.969544; -6.366433
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
Official name: Proserpina Dam
Type: Cultural
Criteria: iii, iv
Designated: 1993 (17th session)
Part of: Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
Reference #: 664-014
Region: Europe and North America
Official name: Pantano de Proserpina
Type: Non-movable
Criteria: Monument
Designated: 13 December 1912
Reference #: RI-51-0000114
Proserpina Dam
Proserpina Dam, plan and cross-section

The Proserpina Dam is a Roman gravity dam in Mérida, 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.

Conservation

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

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Embalse de Proserpina para niños

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