Les Ferreres Aqueduct

Les Ferreres Aqueduct Aqüeducte de les Ferreres
Aqüeducte de les Ferreres in Tarragona, Spain
Carries	Aqueduct to Tarraco
Locale	Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Characteristics
Total length	249 m
Height	27 m (without gallery)
Number of spans	25 (upper arcade)
History
Construction end	Probably reign of Augustus (27 BC–14 AD)
Elevation Aqüeducte de les Ferreres

Les Ferreres Aqueduct (Catalan: Aqüeducte de les Ferreres), also known as Pont del Diable ([ˈpɔn(d) dəl diˈabːlə], English: Devil's Bridge), is an ancient bridge, part of the Roman aqueduct built to supply water to the ancient city of Tarraco, today Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain. The bridge is located 4 kilometers north of the city and it is part of the Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco (listed as a UNESCO's World Heritage Site since 2000).

Description

The Tarraco aqueduct took water from the Francolí river, 15 kilometers north of Tarragona. It probably dates from the time of the emperor Augustus.

Les Ferreres Aqueduct is composed of two levels of arches: the upper section has 25 arches, and the lower one has 11. All arches have the same diameter of 20 Roman feet (5.9m) with a variation of 15 cm. The distance between centres of the pillars is 26 Roman feet (7.95m).^[1][2] It has a maximum height of 27 metres (89 ft) and a length of 249 metres (817 ft), including the ends where the specus (water channel) runs atop a wall.

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  Detail of the aqueduct
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  Specus of the aqueduct
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  Detail of the aqueduct arches
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  At night

See also

• Roman bridges
• List of Roman aqueduct bridges

References

External links

Media related to Les Ferreres Aqueduct at Wikimedia Commons

• Tarragona Aqueduct at Structurae
• Les Ferreres Aqueduct
• Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco - UNESCO's World Heritage Sites Website

World Heritage Sites in Spain
For official site names, see each article or the List of World Heritage Sites in Spain.
North West	Caves of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain1 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias Roman walls of Lugo Route of Santiago de Compostela1 Santiago de Compostela Tower of Hercules
North East	Caves of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain1 Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon Pirineos - Monte Perdido2 Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin1 Route of Santiago de Compostela1 San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries Vizcaya Bridge
Community of Madrid	Aranjuez Cultural Landscape El Escorial University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares
Centre	Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida Archaeological Site of Atapuerca Ávila with its Extra-mural Churches Burgos Cathedral Cáceres Cuenca Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija3 Las Médulas Monastery of Santa María of Guadalupe Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin1 Route of Santiago de Compostela1 Salamanca Segovia and its Aqueduct Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde4 Toledo
East	Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco, Tarragona Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí Ibiza (Biodiversity and Culture) Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona Palmeral of Elche Poblet Monastery Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin1 Serra de Tramuntana Silk Exchange in Valencia Works of Antoni Gaudí
South	Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada Cathedral, Alcázar and General Archive of the Indies, Seville Dolmens Site of Antequera Doñana Historic Centre of Córdoba Renaissance Monuments of Úbeda and Baeza Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin1
Canary Islands	Garajonay San Cristóbal de La Laguna Teide National Park
1 Shared with other region/s 2 Shared with France 3 Shared with Slovenia 4 Shared with Portugal

Roman aqueducts
Croatia	Diocletianus Aqueduct
France	Barbegal aqueduct Pont du Gard Gier aqueduct
Germany	Eifel Aqueduct
Italy	Aqua Anio Novus Aqua Alexandrina Aqua Alsietina Aqua Appia Aqua Augusta (Naples) Aqua Augusta (Rome) Aqua Claudia Aqua Julia Aqua Martia Aqua Tepula Aqua Traiana Aqua Virgo Pont d'Aël
Jordan	Gadara Aqueduct
Luxembourg	Raschpëtzer Qanat
Spain	Acueducto de los Milagros, Mérida Segovia's aqueduct Aqüeducte de les Ferreres, Tarragona Caños de Carmona, Seville Las Médulas
Turkey	Valens Aqueduct
Wales	Dolaucothi Gold Mines
List of Roman aqueducts

Roman bridges
England	Chesters Bridge Piercebridge Roman Bridge Pons Aelius
France	Pont Ambroix Pont de Bornègre Pont Flavien Pont du Gard Pont Julien Pont sur la Laye Pont des Marchands Pont Serme Roman Bridge (Saint-Thibéry) Roman Bridge (Vaison-la-Romaine)
Germany	Caesar's Rhine bridges Roman Bridge (Trier)
Iran	Band-e Kaisar
Italy	Pons Aemilius Pons Agrippae Ponte Altinate Pons Cestius Pons Fabricius Pons Neronianus Pons Probi Pons Sublicius Pont d'Aël Pont de Pierre (Aosta) Pont-Saint-Martin Ponte d'Augusto (Narni) Ponte di Tiberio (Rimini) Ponte Corvo Ponte del Gran Caso Ponte Milvio Ponte Molino (Padua) Ponte Nomentano Ponte Pietra (Verona) Ponte di Pioraco Ponte di Quintodecimo Ponte Salario Ponte San Lorenzo Ponte Sant'Angelo Susegana Bridge
Lebanon	Leontes Bridge
Portugal	Ponte de Rubiães Ponte Nova da Cava da Velha Roman Bridge (Chaves)
Romania	Constantine's Bridge (Danube) Trajan's Bridge
Spain	Acueducto de los Milagros, Mérida Albarregas bridge, Mérida Alcántara's bridge Ávila's bridge Puente de Alcántara, Toledo Garrovillas de Alconétar's bridge Córdoba's bridge Aqüeducte de les Ferreres, Tarragona Mérida's bridge Salamanca's bridge Segovia's aqueduct Talamanca de Jarama's bridge
Syria	Bridge at Nimreh Gemarrin Bridge Kharaba Bridge
Turkey	Aesepus Bridge Arapsu Bridge Bridge at Oinoanda Constantine's Bridge (Mysia) Eurymedon Bridge (Aspendos) Eurymedon Bridge (Selge) Karamagara Bridge Kemer Bridge Limyra Bridge Misis Bridge Macestus Bridge Nysa Bridge Penkalas Bridge Pergamon Bridge Sangarius Bridge Severan Bridge Taşköprü (Adana) Valens Aqueduct Bridge White Bridge (Mysia)
Full list of Roman bridges

Coordinates: 41°08′44″N 1°14′38″E / 41.14556°N 1.24389°E / 41.14556; 1.24389