{"id":13088,"date":"2021-04-20T10:50:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T08:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albarracin.es\/?page_id=13088"},"modified":"2023-01-24T14:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T13:39:13","slug":"roman-aqueduct","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.albarracin.es\/en\/roman-aqueduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Aqueduct"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following in the footsteps of the Romans<\/h1>\n

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The existence of an aqueduct that transported water from the basin of the Guadalaviar river to the Cella plateau has been known since ancient times. There are references, for example, in the Poem of Mio Cid, in which the town was called \u2018Celfa del Canal\u2019, and in other works by local scholars. But mainly it has been known by the excavations carried out at the different phases along its route, which\u00a0date it to the 1st century A.D.<\/span>\u00a0 and have provided information about its use and layout. <\/span><\/p>\n

The aqueduct almost certainly has its source in Albarrac\u00edn, an important aquifer that guaranteed sufficient and permanent flow throughout the year; it finished in present-day Cella, with a total length of approximately 25 km. The topography, the type of terrain and the calculation of the ideal slope are adopted according to its route, and they are modified on the basis of the contours, avoiding obstacles and conducting the water in a natural way, despite the orography. <\/span><\/p>\n

Some sections of the aqueduct have been exceptionally conserved (under Santa Croche castle in the so-called gallery of mirrors, next to the tunnel on the road, at Gea dam, Los Burros ravine, la Ca\u00f1ada de Monterde, at Las Hoyas, La Tejeria or in the areas of Cella itself), with different construction techniques, although the gallery is dominated by rock, with side windows (spiramina<\/i> or lumina<\/i>) that served to dig the interior and to extract rock, and during its use to clean and remove lime and other materials.<\/span><\/p>\n

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