Acueducto de les Ferreres

The so-called Aqueduct de les Ferreres, also known as Puente del Diablo, is a Roman arcade that is part of the aqueduct that supplied water from the Francolí River to the city of Tarraco (Tarragona), from a distance of 25 km.

The archery is located on the outskirts of the city of Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain), which has been designated a World Heritage Site by Unesco, thanks to the fact that it is one of the monuments from the Roman era that are preserved in extraordinary good condition.

The aqueduct was built in the 1st century BC. by Augusto and supplied water to the city of Tarraco, capital of the Roman province Hispania Citerior Tarraconensis which, in its heyday, covered two-thirds of the Iberian Peninsula.

It was used well into the seventeenth century.

The aqueduct arcade measures 217 meters long and 27 meters high. It has two levels with superimposed arches and built in dry-bonded ashlars. There are 40 centimeters of unevenness from its northern part to the southern part, which facilitated the flow of water to the city.

Article obtained from Wikipedia article Wikipedia in his version of 27/10/2020, by various authors under the license Licencia de Documentación Libre GNU.

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