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The Aqueduct of Segovia (Spanish: Acueducto de Segovia) is a Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain.It was built around the first century AD to channel water from springs in the mountains 17 kilometres (11 mi) away to the city's fountains, public baths and private houses, and was in use until 1973.
Historic City of Toledo Toledo: Castile-La Mancha: 379; 1986; i, ii, iii, iv: 8th to 16th centuries: Toledo was founded by the Romans, served as the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom, was important in Muslim Spain and during the Reconquista, and briefly served as the capital of Spain. The city combines Christian, Muslim, and Jewish influences. [19]
The Aqueduct of the Miracles is a Roman aqueduct in the Roman colonia of Emerita Augusta –present-day Mérida, Spain–, capital of the Roman province of Lusitania.It was built during the first century AD to supply water from the Proserpina Dam into the city.
Roman aqueduct of Sexi, Almuñécar Roman aqueduct of Cádiz Acueduct Tempul-Cadiz 36°28′2″N 6°7′45″W / 36.46722°N 6.12917°W / 36.46722; -6
It is believed to be the oldest dam in Spain, and is possibly the oldest known Roman dam. The toponym "Alcantarilla" means conduit and is of Arabic origin: [3] its Latin name is unknown. [1] It was 20 metres (66 ft) high and at least 550 metres (1,800 ft) long. [2] The water was conveyed to the city by an aqueduct which passed through Layos.
Almuñécar (Spanish pronunciation: [almuˈɲekaɾ]) [2] is a Spanish city and municipality located in the southwestern part of the comarca of the Costa Granadina, in the province of Granada. It is located on the shores of the Mediterranean sea and borders the Granadin municipalities of Otívar , Jete , Ítrabo and Salobreña , and with the ...
The Caños de Carmona (Pipes of Carmona, Spanish pronunciation: ['kaɲos de kaɾ'mona]) is a Roman aqueduct built during the first century BC to supply water from a spring in the ancient Roman city of Irippo –current Alcalá de Guadaíra– to the ancient Roman city of Hispalis –current Seville–, both in the ancient Roman province of ...
The destruction of their settlement is attributed to the Carthaginians, giving way to the emergence of the Roman city of Hispalis, built very near the Roman colony of Itálica (now Santiponce), which was only 9 km northwest of present-day Seville. Itálica, the birthplace of the Roman emperors Trajan and Hadrian, was founded in 206–205 BC ...