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Embalse de Proserpina

aqueduct/dam/cistern/spring
Type
aqueduct/dam/cistern/spring

Proserpina

Pleiades ID: 256389

dam archaeological-site reservoir

Description

A Roman-era reservoir and dam northwest of modern Mérida in Spain, which was tapped to supply Emerita Augusta (modern Mérida) via aqueduct.

See Further

  • BAtlas 26 D2 Proserpina
    Talbert, Richard J. A., ed. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43970336.
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  • Schulten 1955 380
    Schulten, Adolf. Geographie des antiken Spanien. 2 vols. Iberische landeskunde 1. Strasbourg: Heitz, 1955.
  • TIR Emerita 131
    Alarcão, Jorge de, Adela Cepas, José Ignacio Reguera Cardiel, Angela Alonso Sánchez, and Union académique internationale, eds. Tabula Imperii Romani. Hoja J-29 : Lisboa : Emerita, Scallabis, Pax Iulia, Gades: sobre la base cartográfica del mapa a escala 1:1000000 del IGN. Tabula Imperii Romani, J-29. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas : Ministerio de Obras Públicas, Transportes y Medio Ambiente, Instituto Geográfico Nacional : Ministerio de Cultura, 1995. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36156421.
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  • WHL 664-014: Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
    UNESCO World Heritage Centre. World Heritage List, 1978. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/.
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  • Wikipedia (Spanish) Embalse de Proserpina
    Wikipedia: la enciclopedia de contenido libre (2001-), Embalse de Proserpina.
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  • Arenillas 1992
    Arenillas, Miguel, Juan Martín Morales, and Antonio José Alcaraz Calvo. “Arenillas, Miguel; Martín Morales, Juan; Alcaraz Calvo, Antonio José (1992). «Nuevos datos sobre la presa de Proserpina». Revista de Obras Públicas (139 (3311)): 65-69.” Revista de Obras Públicas 139, no. 3311 (1992): 65–69.

Names

Citation Information

Jr., F.H. Stanley, and R.C. Knapp. "Proserpina" Pleiades, 01 February 2025. https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/256389.
Last modified: 2025-02-01T13:32:31Z

Location

38.969722, -6.366389