Dec 12, 2021

Aqueduto da Amoreira

 

Aqueduto da Amoreira

Thanks to Tiago from Portugal the UNESCO WHS card.sent 25/11/2021

Aqueduct of Amoreira
    Dated 1498, the construction of the aqueduct began under the line of Francisco de Arruda, architect who also worked in the Tower of Belém in Lisbon. The works were continued later by Afonso Álvares, Diogo Marques and Pero Vaz Pereira, and concluded in 1622.

    On a length of almost 8 km, the main portal is split by four floors of arcades supported by buttresses, it represents one of the ex-libris of Elvas. It underwent important works of conservation in the XIX century.

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