La Pared de los Moros

La Pared de los Moros
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Location: Teruel Province in Aragon ( Spain ) Tributaries: Farlán ( Ebro Basin )
Aragon , Spain
Coordinates	41 ° 1 ′ 8 ″  N , 0 ° 49 ′ 18 ″  W Coordinates: 41 ° 1 ′ 8 ″  N , 0 ° 49 ′ 18 ″  W
Data on the structure
Lock type:	Gravity dam
Construction time:	3rd century AD
Height of the barrier structure :	8.4 m
Crown length:	68 m
Base width:	2.7 m

La Pared de los Moros (German: The Wall of the Moors ) was a Roman gravity dam in the province of Teruel in Aragon ( Spain ) from the 3rd century AD.

The dam was 68 meters long and dammed the Farlán , a tributary of the Río Aguasvivas . The gravity dam, which was up to 8.40 m high, had a base width of 2.7 m. It is an extremely slim wall for its design. This led to the assumption that the dam might have been reinforced with earth. However, this assumption could not be confirmed archaeologically. The wall consists of two outer layers of lime mortar (opus incaertum) and a 70 cm thick core made of Roman concrete ( opus caementitium ). The water accumulated in this way was used for irrigation . The dam wall has been preserved as a ruin, in the middle the flowing water has cut to below the base and torn away the middle part of the wall.

See also

• List of Roman dams
• List of dams in the world (Spain)

literature

• Miguel Arenillas, Juan C. Castillo: "Dams from the Roman Era in Spain. Analysis of Design Forms (with appendix)" , in: Santiago Huerta (Ed.): Proceedings of the First International Congress on Construction History: Madrid, 20th– 24th January 2003 , Instituto Juan de Herrera, Madrid 2003, ISBN 84-9728-070-9

Individual evidence

1. ^ Arenillas & Castillo (2003). The authors point out that in the past, many Roman buildings in Spain were incorrectly ascribed to the Moors .
2. ↑ Picture of the remains of the dam