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Muro Dam Location Campo Maior, Portalegre District, Portugal Opening date Roman period Dam and spillways Height 4.6 m Length 174 m Base width 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]
Contents
References
- ^ a b Decker 1991, pp. 78–79 (no. 4)
Sources
- Decker, Alexander (1991), "Einige römische Talsperren im heutigen Portugal", in Garbrecht, Günther, Historische Talsperren, 2, Stuttgart: Verlag Konrad Wittwer, pp. 73–81, ISBN 3-87919-158-1
See also
- List of Roman dams and reservoirs
- Roman architecture
- Roman engineering
External links
- Ministério da Cultura: Barragem Romana do Muro (Portuguese)
- Barrages romains du Portugal: Barrage de Muro (no. 16) (French)
List of Roman dams and reservoirs Spain Alcantarilla Dam · Almonacid de la Cuba Dam · Consuegra Dam · Cornalvo Dam · Ermita de la Virgen del Pilar Dam · Esparragalejo Dam · Iturranduz Dam · La Pared de los Moros · Muel Dam · Proserpina Dam · Puy Foradado Dam Syria Harbaqa Dam · Lake Homs Dam Other countries Band-e Kaisar · Dara Dam · Glanum Dam · Kasserine Dam · Muro Dam · Subiaco Dams Categories:- Dams in Portugal
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