Proserpina Dam

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.

The earth dam with retaining wall is still in use.^[1] The Pantano de Proserpina is protected under Spanish heritage legislation as a monumento.

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), http://www.traianvs.net/textos/presas_in.htm#_ednref4 

Further reading

• Aranda Gutiérrez, Fernando (2006), Las presas de abastecimiento en el marco de la ingeniería hidráulica romana. Los casos de Proserpina y Cornalbo, http://traianus.rediris.es/pdfs/presas03.pdf 
• Arenillas Parra, Miguel; Díaz-Guerra Jaén, Carmen; Cortés Gimeno, Rafael (2002), La presa romana de Proserpina, http://traianus.rediris.es/textos/proserpina.htm 
• 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 0432150900 

See also

• List of Roman dams and reservoirs
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering