Roman dam of Belas
Coordinates: 38°47′36″N 9°14′40″W / 38.793225°N 9.244503°W
The Roman dam of Belas
The Roman dam of Belas (3rd century AD) may have served the city of Olisipo or a local Roman villa (Roman villa of Quinta da Bolacha).[1]
Some 10 km from the city center, the aqueduct starts with a Roman-built brick dam in the Carenque river.
The dam is still visible today (length of 15,5m, 7 m wide and 8 m high). The capacity of the dam was 125.000 m3. Its channel can be followed over some 1,300 m but then its course is lost due to the much modern Águas Livres Aqueduct that was built over the old structures.
See also
- List of Roman dams
References
- ↑ "Lisboa (Portugal)". Romanaqueducts.info. 2005-03-25. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
Further reading
- D. Fernando de Almeida: "Sobre a barragem romana de Olisipo e seu aqueducto", O Arqueólogo Português, Vol. 3 (1969), pp. 179–189
External links
- Portugalromano.com: Barragem Romana de Belas (Portuguese)
- Barrages romains du Portugal (no. 25) (French)
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