Subiaco Dams

Subiaco Dams
Subiaco Dams
Location of Subiaco Dams in Italy
LocationSubiaco, Lazio, Italy
Coordinates41°54′38.4″N 13°7′30.6″E / 41.910667°N 13.125167°E / 41.910667; 13.125167
Opening dateReign of Nero (54–68 AD)
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsAniene
Height50 m
Length70 m?
Width (base)13.5 m

The Subiaco Dams were a group of three Roman gravity dams at Subiaco, Lazio, Italy, devised as pleasure lakes for Emperor Nero (54–68 AD). The biggest one was the highest dam in the Roman Empire, and even in the world until its accidental destruction in 1305.

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