The Escalera de los Moros (Moors ladder) is a
medieval-
Islamic
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...
public building works aimed at a
Dam or
wetland located on the promenade of the Oron river outside the
village of
Librilla,
Murcia,
Spain.
Description
Served a lowering of
water from a
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
to Weir of the promenade with a phased revosadero explains the place name by which he is known. Made in
ashlar
Ashlar () is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared, or a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally rectangular cuboid, mentioned by Vitruv ...
masonry typical of
Arabic is a curious
construction of
hydraulic works in made in the
Islamic
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...
period. Given the difficult access its state of preservation is excellent and is quite unknown to the researchers, although of great importance for the study of Islamic irrigation in the area.
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110725194848/http://contraclave.org/historia/CONGRESO%20IDENTIDAD/comunicaciones/Fernando%20Barquero%20patrimonio.pdf
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Buildings and structures in the Region of Murcia