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Les Ferreres Aqueduct Aqüeducte de les Ferreres
Aqüeducte de les Ferreres in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Coordinates	41°8′48″N 1°14′37″E / 41.14667°N 1.24361°E / 41.14667; 1.24361
Carries	Aqueduct to Tarraco
Locale	Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Characteristics
Total length	249 m
Height	27 m (without gallery)
No. of spans	25 (upper arcade)
History
Construction end	Probably reign of Augustus (27 BC–14 AD)
Elevation
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco
Criteria	Cultural: (ii), (iii)
Reference	875-009
Inscription	2000 (24th Session)
Area	0.4 ha (43,000 sq ft)
Buffer zone	71.5 ha (0.276 sq mi)
Location

The Ferreres Aqueduct (Catalan: Aqüeducte de les Ferreres [əkwəˈðuktə ðə ləs fəˈrɛɾəs]), also known as the Pont del Diable ([ˈpɔn(d) dəl diˈabːlə]; English: "Devil's Bridge"), is an ancient bridge, part of one of the Roman aqueducts that supplied water to the ancient city of Tarraco, today Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain. The bridge is located 4 km north of the city and is part of the Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco (listed as a UNESCO's World Heritage Site since 2000).

Description

The Tarraco aqueduct took water from the Francolí river, 15 km north of Tarragona. It probably dates from the time of the emperor Augustus.

Les Ferreres Aqueduct is composed of two levels of arches: the upper section has 25 arches, and the lower one has 11. All arches have the same diameter of 20 Roman feet (5.9m) with a variation of 15 cm. The distance between centres of the pillars is 26 Roman feet (7.95m). It has a maximum height of 27 metres (89 ft) and a length of 249 metres (817 ft), including the ends where the specus (water channel) runs atop a wall.

• Detail of the aqueduct
• Specus of the aqueduct
• Detail of the aqueduct arches
• At night

See also

• Roman bridges
• List of Roman aqueduct bridges

References

1. Aqueduct of las Ferreras (Tarraco) at spanisharts.com
2. Tarragona (Spain) at romanaqueducts.info

External links

Media related to Aqüeducte de les Ferreres at Wikimedia Commons

• Tarragona Aqueduct at Structurae
• Les Ferreres Aqueduct
• Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco - UNESCO's World Heritage Sites Website

v t e Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco
UNESCO World Heritage Site
875-001: Roman walls 875-002: The imperial cult enclosure 875-003: Provincial Forum 875-004: The Circus 875-005: The Colonial Forum 875-006: The Roman Theatre 875-007: The Amphitheatre, basilica, and Romanesque church 875-008: Paleochristian cemetery 875-009: Aqueduct 875-010: Tower of the Scipios 875-011: Médol Quary 875-012: The "Centcelles" villa-mausoleum 875-013: The "dels Munts" villa 875-014: Triumphal Arch of Berá

v t e Roman aqueducts
Croatia	Aqueduct of Diocletian
France	Aqueduct of the Gier Aqueduct of Luynes Barbegal aqueduct Pont du Gard
Germany	Eifel Aqueduct
Italy	Aqua Alexandrina Aqua Alsietina Aqua Anio Novus Aqua Anio Vetus Aqua Appia Aqua Augusta (Naples) Aqua Augusta (Rome) Aqua Crabra Aqua Claudia Aqua Julia Aqua Marcia Aqua Tepula Aqua Traiana Aqua Virgo Caldaccoli Aqueduct Pont d'Aël
Jordan	Gadara Aqueduct
Luxembourg	Raschpëtzer Qanat
Spain	Aqueduct of Segovia Aqüeducte de s'Argamassa Acueducto de los Milagros Caños de Carmona Les Ferreres Aqueduct Roman aqueducts of Toledo San Lázaro Roman aqueduct
Tunisia	Zaghouan Aqueduct
Turkey	Aqueduct of Valens Ballıgerme Lamas Aqueduct Olba Aqueduct
United Kingdom	Dolaucothi Gold Mines
List of Roman aqueducts

v t e Roman bridges
England	Chesters Bridge Piercebridge Roman Bridge Pons Aelius
France	Pont Ambroix Pont de Bornègre Pont des Marchands Pont du Gard Pont Flavien Pont Julien Pont Serme Pont sur la Laye Roman Bridge (Saint-Thibéry) Roman Bridge (Vaison-la-Romaine)
Germany	Caesar's Rhine bridges Roman Bridge (Trier)
Iran	Band-e Kaisar
Italy	Pons Aemilius Pons Agrippae Ponte Altinate Pons Cestius Pons Fabricius Pons Neronianus Pons Probi Pons Sublicius Pont d'Aël Pont de Pierre (Aosta) Pont-Saint-Martin Ponte d'Augusto (Narni) Ponte di Tiberio Ponte Corvo Ponte del Gran Caso Ponte Milvio Ponte Molino (Padua) Ponte Nomentano Ponte Pietra (Verona) Ponte di Pioraco Ponte di Quintodecimo Ponte Salario Ponte San Lorenzo Ponte di San Vito Ponte Sant'Angelo Susegana Bridge
Lebanon	Leontes Bridge
Portugal	Ponte de Rubiães Ponte Nova da Cava da Velha Roman Bridge (Chaves) Roman Bridge of Catribana
Romania	Constantine's Bridge (Danube) Trajan's Bridge
Spain	Acueducto de los Milagros Albarregas Roman bridge Alconétar Bridge Aqueduct of Segovia Alcántara Bridge Les Ferreres Aqueduct Puente de Alcántara Puente Romano, Mérida Roman bridge of Ávila Roman bridge of Córdoba Roman bridge of Lugo Roman bridge of Salamanca Roman bridge of Talamanca de Jarama
Syria	Ain Diwar Bridge Bridge at Nimreh Gemarrin Bridge Kharaba Bridge
Turkey	Aesepus Bridge Arapsu Bridge Bridge at Oinoanda Constantine's Bridge (Mysia) Eurymedon Bridge (Aspendos) Eurymedon Bridge (Selge) Karamagara Bridge Kemer Bridge Limyra Bridge Misis Bridge Macestus Bridge Nysa Bridge Penkalas Bridge Pergamon Bridge Sangarius Bridge Severan Bridge Stone Bridge (Adana) Valens Aqueduct Bridge White Bridge (Mysia)
Full list of Roman bridges

• World Heritage Sites in Catalonia
• Roman aqueducts outside Rome
• Roman bridges in Catalonia
• Bridges completed in the 1st century
• Aqueducts in Spain
• Water supply and sanitation in Catalonia
• Roman sites in Catalonia