Tags: World Heritage Site.
The Acueducto de los Milagros (English: Miraculous Aqueduct) is a ruined Roman aqueduct bridge part of the aqueduct built to supply water to the Roman colony of Emerita Augusta today Mérida Spain. Only a relatively small stretch of the aqueduct still stands consisting of 38 arched pillars standing 25 metres (82 ft) high along a course of some 830 metres (2720 ft). It is constructed from opus mixtum – granite ashlar blocks interspersed with red brick – utilising a double arcade arrangement.
