Ermita de la Virgen del Pilar Dam

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Ermita de la Virgen del Pilar Dam
Location Teruel province, Aragon, Spain
Coordinates 41°4′38.5″N1°0′32.5″W / 41.077361°N 1.009028°W / 41.077361; -1.009028
Opening date1st–2nd century
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsSta. María (Ebro basin)
Height16.6 m
Length80.0 m
Width (base)6.9 m

The Ermita de la Virgen del Pilar Dam was a Roman gravity dam in Teruel province, Aragon, Spain, dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD. [1]

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