Glanum dam

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Feb 13, 2025 08:34 PM — History

A Roman dam that created the Lac du Peirou and supplied Glanum with water. While the ancient dam was destroyed in the late nineteenth century, the reservoir remains.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/819897603

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
43.7702073249, 4.82871357893

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: modern Lac du Peirou (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Glanum dam makes connections with:

Glanum dam connection Glanum (unspecified date range)

Glanum dam receives connections from:

None

Place type:
dam, dike, levee, reservoir, hafir

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Glanum Dam

Related:

Wikidata Glanum Dam (Q605399)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Glanum dam: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/819897603> [accessed: 22 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/819897603 |title=Places: 819897603 (Glanum dam) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=June 22, 2025 5:29 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}