Proserpina Dam

Proserpina Dam
Location	Badajoz (province), Extremadura, Spain
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

Proserpina Dam
Native name Spanish: Pantano de Proserpina
Location	Mérida, Spain
Coordinates	38°58′10″N 6°21′59″W / 38.969544°N 6.366433°W / 38.969544; -6.366433Coordinates: 38°58′10″N 6°21′59″W / 38.969544°N 6.366433°W / 38.969544; -6.366433
Spanish Property of Cultural Interest
Official name	Pantano de Proserpina
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	1912
Reference no.	RI-51-0000114
Location of Proserpina Dam in Spain

Proserpina Dam, plan and cross-section

The Proserpina Dam is a Roman gravity dam in Badajoz (province), 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.^[1]

Conservation[]

It is also part of the Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida, an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.^[2]

See also[]

• List of Roman dams and reservoirs
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering
• List of Bien de Interés Cultural in the Province of Badajoz

Notes[]

References[]

• Arenillas Parra, Miguel; Castillo, Juan C. (2003), "Dams from the Roman Era in Spain. Analysis of Design Forms (with Appendix)", 1st International Congress on Construction History [20th–24th January], Madrid

Further reading[]

• Aranda Gutiérrez, Fernando (2006), Las presas de abastecimiento en el marco de la ingeniería hidráulica romana. Los casos de Proserpina y Cornalbo (PDF)^{[permanent dead link]}
• Arenillas Parra, Miguel; Díaz-Guerra Jaén, Carmen; Cortés Gimeno, Rafael (2002), La presa romana de Proserpina, archived from the original on 19 August 2003, retrieved 24 October 2009
• Hodge, A. Trevor (1992), Roman Aqueducts & Water Supply, London: Duckworth, pp. 87–89, ISBN 0-7156-2194-7
• Schnitter, Niklaus (1978), "Römische Talsperren", Antike Welt, 8 (2): 25–32 (28f.)
• Smith, Norman (1971), A History of Dams, London: Peter Davies, pp. 44–47, ISBN 0-432-15090-0

External links[]

• Media related to Proserpina Dam at Wikimedia Commons

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