Dara Dam
Mardin · Archaeological site
Catalogue label
- Type
- Archaeology
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Mardin
- Elevation
- 581 m
- Wikidata
- Q1165614
About
The Dara Dam was a Roman arch dam at Dara in Mesopotamia (modern-day Turkey), a rare pre-modern example of this dam type. The modern identification of its site is uncertain, but may rather point to a common gravity dam.
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Location
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The best-known places close by, in the shortest order from Dara Dam: about 115 km and 2 h 10 min of travel, plus roughly 6 h 30 min for the visits.
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