Muro Dam
Muro Dam | |
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Location | Campo Maior, Portalegre District, Portugal |
Opening date | Roman period |
Dam and spillways | |
Height | 4.6 m |
Length | 174 m |
Width (base) | 4.2 m |
The Muro Dam was a Roman dam in Portugal. Located near the eastern municipality of Campo Maior, it is the largest surviving ancient dam in the country south of the Tagus river.[1]
The 174 m long structure features three slight bends in its course. Its downstream side is supported by a series of thirteen small buttresses at intervals of 3–4 m. The central section, where the dam is highest and strongest, is further strengthened on its air-side by three vertical arches which go from buttress to buttress.[1]
See also
- List of Roman dams and reservoirs
- Roman architecture
- Roman engineering
References
- ^ a b Decker 1991, pp. 78–79 (no. 4)
Sources
- Decker, Alexander (1991), "Einige römische Talsperren im heutigen Portugal", in Garbrecht, Günther (ed.), Historische Talsperren, vol. 2, Stuttgart: Verlag Konrad Wittwer, pp. 73–81, ISBN 3-87919-158-1
External links
- Ministério da Cultura: Barragem Romana do Muro (in Portuguese)
- Barrages romains du Portugal: Barrage de Muro (no. 16) (in French)
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