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.Photo: Charly Morlock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam
- Also known as: “presa romana de Cornalvo” and “Roman Conalvo dam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Pedro de Mérida and Torrefresneda.
San Pedro de Mérida
Village
San Pedro de Mérida is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2005 census, the municipality has a population of 845 inhabitants. San Pedro de Mérida is situated 4½ km south of Cornalvo Dam.
Torrefresneda
Hamlet
Photo: Rodelar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torrefresneda is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km east of Cornalvo Dam.
Trujillanos
Village
Photo: Amfeli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trujillanos is a Spanish municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, 9 km from Mérida. It has a population of 1,376 and an area of 20.3 km2. Trujillanos is situated 7 km southwest of Cornalvo Dam.
Cornalvo Dam
- Categories: ancient Roman dam, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Mérida, Badajoz, Extremadura, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.98867° or 38° 59′ 19″ northLongitude
-6.19136° or 6° 11′ 29″ westOpen location code
8CCMXRQ5+FFOpenStreetMap ID
way 153254035OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q1133155
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Cornalvo Dam” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Embassament de Cornalvo”
- Esperanto: “Akvobaraĵo Kornalvo”
- Extremaduran: “Cornalvu”
- French: “barrage romain de Cornalvo”
- French: “Barrage romain de Cornalvo”
- Galician: “Cornalvo”
- German: “Cornalvo-Staudamm”
- German: “Cornalvo-Staumauer”
- German: “Cornalvo-Talsperre”
- German: “Talsperre von Cornalvo”
- Italian: “diga di Cornalvo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cornalvo-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Cornalvo-demningen”
- Russian: “Корналво”
- Spanish: “Cornalvo”
- Spanish: “Parque Natural de Cornalvo”
- Spanish: “presa de Cornalvo”
- Spanish: “Presa de Cornalvo”
- Spanish: “presa romana de Conalvo”
- Spanish: “Presa y embalse de Cornalvo”
- Spanish: “Presa y pantano de Cornalvo”
- Spanish: “Salto de Cornalbo”
- Spanish: “Salto de Cornalvo”
- Turkish: “Cornalvo Barajı”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Presa de Cornalbo/Cornalvo and Cerro del Madroñal.
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