Three piers
side view I
Side view II
Detail
Remains of San Lazaro
San Lazaro aqueduct bridge
Ground plan
Detail
Conduit I
Conduit II
Ground plan
Castellum Aquae
Castellum aquae
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Las Tomas aqueduct
The water of the third aqueduct, Las Tomas, comes from separate springs on the N and NE
side of Merida. In order to cross the Rio Albarregas river, a 1600 m long aqueduct
bridge was built of which only three pillars of 16 m high each are left on the town side of the river next
to the hippodrome. In the 16th century most of the other pillars were used to construct a new
aqueduct bridge, that of San Lazaro.
Close to the Casa del Anfiteatro (House at the Amphitheater) the Las Tomas aqueduct runs
on a wall, and a lion head of stone was found nearby which was in use as a gutter-spout. On
the same spot there are remnants of a castellum.
| How to visit : | Aqueduct bridge is in the NE part of the town, close to the Roman circus at the E end of the Avenida de Extramurada
The Casa del Anfiteatro is N of the Roman amphitheatre |
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Three piers |
side view I |
Side view II |
Detail |
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Remains of San Lazaro |
San Lazaro aqueduct bridge |
Ground plan |
Detail |
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Conduit I |
Conduit II |
Ground plan |
Castellum Aquae |
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Castellum aquae |