Amoreira Aqueduct

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The Amoreira Aqueduct is a historic 16th–17th century aqueduct in Elvas, Portugal, renowned for its monumental multi-tiered arches that once supplied water to the fortified city and now form part of its UNESCO World Heritage landscape.

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Amoreira Aqueduct canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aqueduct ⓘ
civil engineering structure ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Aqueduto da Amoreira ⓘ
architect Francisco de Arruda ⓘ
architecturalStyle Renaissance engineering ⓘ
builtFor water supply ⓘ
centuryOfConstruction 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
connectsTo Elvas city walls ⓘ
cisterns in Elvas ⓘ
constructionEnd 1622 ⓘ
constructionStart 1537 ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
currentUse monument ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
hasStructuralFeature arcades ⓘ
buttresses ⓘ
multi-tiered arches ⓘ
stone masonry ⓘ
hasViewOf Elvas ⓘ
surrounding countryside ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument in Portugal ⓘ
length approximately 7 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Alentejo ⓘ
Elvas ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications cultural landscape ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Portalegre District ⓘ
locatedNear Elvas fortifications ⓘ
Spanish border ⓘ
maintainedBy Portuguese authorities ⓘ
materialUsed mortar ⓘ
stone ⓘ
maximumHeight approximately 31 metres ⓘ
numberOfArches over 800 ⓘ
originalFunction to supply water to the city of Elvas ⓘ
partOf Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications ⓘ
region Alto Alentejo ⓘ
significance important example of early modern hydraulic engineering ⓘ
key element of the defensive system of Elvas ⓘ
status well preserved ⓘ
transported drinking water ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2012 ⓘ
waterSource Amoreira springs ⓘ

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

Elvas → knownFor → Amoreira Aqueduct ⓘ
Elvas → hasPart → Amoreira Aqueduct ⓘ
Elvas → hasPart → Amoreira Aqueduct ⓘ