Segovia Aqueduct

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The Segovia Aqueduct is an ancient Roman stone aqueduct in the Spanish city of Segovia, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved arches and engineering.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Segovia Aqueduct canonical 6
Aqueduct of Segovia 2
Segovia aqueduct 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman aqueduct ⓘ
architectural structure ⓘ
stone aqueduct ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Roman engineering ⓘ
constructionMethod dry stone masonry ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
crosses Plaza del Azoguejo ⓘ
estimatedConstructionEndCentury 2nd century AD ⓘ
estimatedConstructionStartCentury 1st century AD ⓘ
hasInscription Latin inscription (now lost, reconstructed) ⓘ
hasLowerArcade yes ⓘ
hasUpperArcade yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1985 ⓘ
length approximately 15 km ⓘ
lengthInCitySection about 813 m ⓘ
locatedIn Castile and León ⓘ
location Segovia ⓘ
maintainedBy municipality of Segovia ⓘ
materialUsed granite ⓘ
stone ⓘ
maximumHeight about 28.5 m ⓘ
notableFor Roman engineering ⓘ
remarkably well-preserved arches ⓘ
numberOfArches about 167 ⓘ
over 160 ⓘ
numberOfLevelsOfArches 2 ⓘ
oftenAttributedToReignOf Emperor Domitian ⓘ
linked to: Domitian
partOf Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct ⓘ
purpose water supply ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the best-preserved Roman aqueducts ⓘ
symbol of Segovia ⓘ
runsFrom Sierra de Guadarrama ⓘ
runsTo Segovia ⓘ
serves city of Segovia ⓘ
linked to: Segovia
sometimesDatedToReignOf Emperor Hadrian ⓘ
linked to: Hadrian

Emperor Trajan ⓘ
linked to: Trajan
status well preserved ⓘ
underwentRestoration 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria cultural ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America ⓘ
usesMortar no ⓘ
visitorAccess public ⓘ
waterSource Frío River ⓘ
Sierra de Guadarrama ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Segovia Province → contains → Segovia Aqueduct ⓘ
Segovia Province → knownFor → Segovia Aqueduct ⓘ
Segovia → hasLandmark → Aqueduct of Segovia ⓘ
linked to: Segovia Aqueduct
Roman aqueduct → notableExample → Segovia aqueduct ⓘ
linked to: Segovia Aqueduct
Alcázar of Segovia → near → Segovia Aqueduct ⓘ
Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct → hasPart → Roman Aqueduct of Segovia ⓘ
linked to: Segovia Aqueduct
Plaza de las Ocho Calles → near → Segovia Aqueduct ⓘ
Church of Vera Cruz → near → Segovia aqueduct ⓘ
linked to: Segovia Aqueduct
City walls of Segovia → locatedNear → Aqueduct of Segovia ⓘ
linked to: Segovia Aqueduct
Monastery of El Parral → proximityTo → Segovia Aqueduct ⓘ
Eresma River → passesNear → Segovia Aqueduct ⓘ