Stokoude irrigatiekanalen (Aydanmar acequia) Granada hersteld

Cultural Heritage Climate

Problem Area - Groundwater Problems

Problem Area - Drought

Created at: 08 Jun 2022

Description

Restoring an old method of rainwater distribution by using and the ancient irrigation canals

Restoring water channels from the days of Al-Andalus to irrigate modern Spain

Thousands of kilometers of ‘acequias’ dug during the Islamic period were abandoned in the 20th century. A project by Granada University aims to put them back into use to help rural communities and support sustainable agriculture

The Aynadamar acequia [irrigation channel],

“There are documents showing that for a thousand years it provided the Albaicín district of Granada with water, beginning in the 11th century. It supplied the artisans who went to the Alhambra to build the Nasrid palaces in the 13th and 14th centuries, and also the Catholic Monarchs’ troops who conquered the Nasrid kingdom in 1492.”

The channel climbs for about seven kilometers, crossing the ravine of Víznar, where the poet Federico García Lorca was executed in 1936, to its source at the Fuente Grande de Alfacar.

The Aydanamar acequia fell into disuse in the 1980s, after more than 1,000 years, when the construction of the road from Granada to Murcia cut across parts of it.

Samenvatting (Dutch description)

Een acequia of séquia is een door de gemeenschap beheerde waterloop die in Spanje en voormalige Spaanse koloniën in Amerika wordt gebruikt voor irrigatie

Oude irrigatiekanalen uit de Moorse tijd worden hersteld. Volgt uit onderzoek 2016 ev van universiteit van Granada. De irrigatiekanalen verdelen het water uit de bergen , zorgen dat het niet snel naar zee verdwijnt en vullen het grondwater aan. Zou iets voor oost Nederland kunnen zijn om het fijnmazige afvoersysteem om te vormen.

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Jaar van aanleg/year of construction	1022
Wie heeft de maatregel aangelegd?/Who created the measure?	Islamic government around 1000 AD
Lengte (in m)/Length (in m)	7000
Wie onderhoudt de maatregel?/Who maintains the measure?	Anders/other Anders/other

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