Proserpina Dam
The Proserpina Dam is a Roman gravity dam built to supply water to the Roman colonia of Emerita Augusta –present-day Mérida, Spain–, capital of the Roman province of Lusitania.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of 246 metres (807 feet)
- Description: Roman dam in Spain
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Carrascalejo and Esparragalejo.
El Carrascalejo
Village
El Carrascalejo is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. El Carrascalejo is situated 6 km northeast of Proserpina Dam.
Esparragalejo
Village
Esparragalejo is a municipality of Spain in the… Esparragalejo is situated 7 km southwest of Proserpina Dam.
Mirandilla
Village
Mirandilla is a municipality located in Badajoz Province, Extremadura, Spain. Mirandilla is situated 8 km northeast of Proserpina Dam.
Proserpina Dam
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Latitude
38.96973° or 38° 58′ 11″ north
Longitude
-6.36775° or 6° 22′ 4″ west
Open location code
8CCMXJ9J+VV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Proserpina Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد بروسيربينا”
- Catalan: “Presa de Proserpina”
- Esperanto: “Akvobaraĵo Proserpina”
- Extremaduran: “Embalsi e Proserpina”
- French: “Barrage romain de Proserpine”
- Galician: “Encoro de Proserpina”
- German: “Proserpina-Staudamm”
- German: “Proserpina-Staumauer”
- German: “Proserpina-Talsperre”
- German: “Talsperre von Proserpina”
- Hindi: “प्रॉस्पेरीना का पुल”
- Italian: “bacino di Proserpina”
- Italian: “Diga di Proserpina”
- Italian: “invaso di Proserpina”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Proserpina-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Proserpina-demningen”
- Panjabi: “ਪ੍ਰੋਸਰਪੀਨਾ ਬੰਨ੍ਹ”
- Persian: “سد پروسرپینا”
- Polish: “Zbiornik Prozerpiny”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Proserpina”
- Spanish: “Presa de Proserpina”
- Spanish: “Presa y embalse de Proserpina”
- Spanish: “Presa y pantano de Proserpina”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mirador de Proserpina and Royanejos.
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