Muro Dam
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| location = Campo Maior, Portalegre District, Portugal
| dam_length = 174 m
| dam_height = 4.6 m
| dam_width_base = 4.2 m
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| opening = Roman period
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The Muro Dam was a Roman dam in Portugal. Located near the eastern municipality of Campo Maior, it is the largest surviving ancient dam in the country south of the Tagus river.{{harnvb|Decker|1991|pp=78–79 (no. 4)}}
The 174 m long structure features three slight bends in its course. Its downstream side is supported by a series of thirteen small buttresses at intervals of 3–4 m. The central section, where the dam is highest and strongest, is further strengthened on its air-side by three vertical arches which go from buttress to buttress.
See also
References
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Sources
- {{Citation
| last = Decker
| first = Alexander
| editor-last = Garbrecht
| editor-first = Günther
| contribution = Einige römische Talsperren im heutigen Portugal
| title = Historische Talsperren
| place = Stuttgart
| publisher = Verlag Konrad Wittwer
| year = 1991
| volume = 2
| pages = 73–81
| isbn = 3-87919-158-1
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External links
- Ministério da Cultura: [http://www.igespar.pt/pt/patrimonio/pesquisa/geral/patrimonioimovel/detail/70664/ Barragem Romana do Muro] {{in lang|pt}}
- [http://mcv.revues.org/1874 Barrages romains du Portugal: Barrage de Muro (no. 16)] {{in lang|fr}}
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