Acueducto de los Milagros

The Acueducto de los Milagros is a ruined Roman aqueduct bridge, part of the aqueduct , which was built to supply water to the Roman colony of Emerita Augusta, today Mérida, Spain. Only a relatively small stretch of the aqueduct still stands, consisting of 38 arched pillars standing 25 m high along a course of some 830 m. The structure originally brought water to the city from a reservoir called the Lago de Proserpina, fed by a stream called Las Pardillas, around 5 km to the north west of Mérida. It is thought to have been constructed during the 1st century AD, with a second phase of building (or renovations) around 300 AD. In later centuries, the inhabitants of Mérida dubbed it the "Miraculous Aqueduct" for the awe that it evoked. The aqueduct is preserved as part of the Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.