Cornalvo Dam
The Cornalvo Dam is a Roman gravity dam built to supply water to the Roman colonia of Emerita Augusta, capital of the Roman province of Lusitania. It was built in the 1st–2nd century AD as part of the infrastructure which supplied water.
- Dam
- Also known as“presa romana de Cornalvo”“Roman Conalvo dam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Pedro de Mérida and Torrefresneda.
San Pedro de Mérida
San Pedro de Mérida is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.
4½ km south of Cornalvo Dam
Trujillanos
Trujillanos is a Spanish municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, 9 km from Mérida.
7 km southwest of Cornalvo Dam
Cornalvo Dam
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Latitude
38.98867° or 38° 59′ 19″ north
Longitude
-6.19136° or 6° 11′ 29″ west
Open location code
8CCMXRQ5+FF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway = dam
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Cornalvo Dam” goes by many names.
Embassament de CornalvoCatalan
Akvobaraĵo KornalvoEsperanto
CornalvuExtremaduran
CornalvoGalician
diga di CornalvoItalian
Cornalvo-demningenNorwegian
Cornalvo-demningenNorwegian Bokmål
КорналвоRussian
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