Aqueduct of the Alhambra - Granada, Spain
N 37° 10.499 W 003° 35.120
30S E 448038 N 4114444
In the 13th century, the founding Sultan, Alhamar, built an acequia or water channel along the slopes of the River Darro, drawing its water miles upstream to supply first the Generalife and then the Alhambra Palace.
Waymark Code: WMN1HE
Location: Andalucía, Spain
Date Posted: 12/07/2014
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The channel spanned the ravine to enter the Alhambra.
One can still see a segment of the Acequia Real, the "Royal Channel", inside the palace walls, where it was broken to make way for the footpath leading from the bridge down to the Nasrid Palaces.
The present aqueduct dates back to the 18th century.