San Pedro de Mérida, Spain

Cornalvo Dam

The Cornalvo Dam is a Roman gravity dam built to supply water to the Roman colonia of Emerita Augusta, capital of the Roman province of Lusitania. It was built in the 1st–2nd century AD as part of the infrastructure which supplied water. The earth dam Roman concrete and stone cladding on the water face is still in use.

City
San Pedro de Mérida
Country
Spain
Category
Historic
Suggested visit
About 90 minutes

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