Acueducto de los Milagros
Acueducto de los Milagros | |
Aqueduct bridge | |
| Location | Mérida (Badajoz), Spain |
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| Coordinates | 38°55′28″N 6°20′48″W / 38.92444°N 6.34667°W |
| Type | Roman aqueduct |
| History | |
| Material | Granite and red brick |
| Official name | Los Milagros Aqueduct |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii, iv |
| Designated | 1993 (17th session) |
| Part of | Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida |
| Reference no. | 664-001 |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Area | 0.1177 ha (0.291 acres) |
| Buffer zone | 20.9 ha (52 acres) |
| Official name | Acueducto Romano "los Milagros" |
| Type | Non-movable |
| Criteria | Monument |
| Designated | 13 December 1912 |
| Reference no. | RI-51-0000112 |
The Aqueduct of the Miracles is a Roman aqueduct in the Roman colonia of Emerita Augusta –present-day Mérida, Spain–, capital of the Roman province of Lusitania. It was built during the first century AD to supply water from the Proserpina Dam into the city. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the aqueduct fell into decay and today it is in ruins with only a relatively small section of the aqueduct bridge standing. It is part of the Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida, which is one of the largest and most extensive archaeological sites in Spain and that was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993.