Unnamed aqueduct supplying Augusta Emerita
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Aug 02, 2022 09:58 PM
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History
The so-called "Acueducto de los Milagros" (miraculous aqueduct) that supplied Augusta Emerita from the Lago de Proserpina north of the city. A small portion of the impressive aqueduct bridge still stands in Mérida.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/256708
38.9239345, -6.347887
- Representative Locations:
- Long axis of surviving stretch of aqueduct bridge at Emerita Augusta (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 4 meters.
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- Unnamed aqueduct supplying Augusta Emerita connection Emerita Augusta (unspecified date range)
- Proserpina connection Unnamed aqueduct supplying Augusta Emerita (unspecified date range)
aqueduct
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 26 D3
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Proserpina to Emerita Augusta
Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Unnamed aqueduct supplying Augusta Emerita: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/256708> [accessed: 16 April 2024]
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