{{Distinguish|Murō Dam}} {{Infobox dam | name = Muro Dam | image = | image_caption = | name_official = | dam_crosses = | res_name = | location = Campo Maior, Portalegre District, Portugal | dam_length = 174 m | dam_height = 4.6 m | dam_width_base = 4.2 m | construction_began = | opening = Roman period | cost = | res_capacity_total = | res_catchment = | res_surface = | plant_turbines = | plant_capacity = | plant_annual_gen = | extra = | website = }}
The '''Muro Dam''' was a Roman dam in Portugal. Located near the eastern municipality of Campo Maior, it is the largest surviving ancient dam in the country south of the Tagus river.<ref name="Decker 1991, 78–79">{{harnvb|Decker|1991|pp=78–79 (no. 4)}}</ref>
The 174 m long structure features three slight bends in its course. Its downstream side is supported by a series of thirteen small buttresses at intervals of 3–4 m. The central section, where the dam is highest and strongest, is further strengthened on its air-side by three vertical arches which go from buttress to buttress.<ref name="Decker 1991, 78–79"/>
== See also == *List of Roman dams and reservoirs *Roman architecture *Roman engineering
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== Sources == *{{Citation | last = Decker | first = Alexander | editor-last = Garbrecht | editor-first = Günther | contribution = Einige römische Talsperren im heutigen Portugal | title = Historische Talsperren | place = Stuttgart | publisher = Verlag Konrad Wittwer | year = 1991 | volume = 2 | pages = 73–81 | isbn = 3-87919-158-1 }}
== External links == *Ministério da Cultura: [http://www.igespar.pt/pt/patrimonio/pesquisa/geral/patrimonioimovel/detail/70664/ Barragem Romana do Muro] {{in lang|pt}} *[http://mcv.revues.org/1874 Barrages romains du Portugal: Barrage de Muro (no. 16)] {{in lang|fr}}
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Category:Dams in Portugal Category:Ancient Roman dams
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