Abstract

MORALES, Daniel Jesús Quesada. Supply and drainage infrastructures in Granada from the first half of the 16^th century: arterial network of irrigation ditches and its branches. Medievalista [online]. 2022, n.32, pp.309-339.  Epub Dec 31, 2022. ISSN 1646-740X.  https://doi.org/10.4000/medievalista.5690.

Based on the information from the Granada Water Ordinances of 1538, published in 1552, as an integral part of the City Ordinances, the present work presents the current Granada’s Water Regime in the first half of the 16th century, concerning the ditches that supplied it, both inside and outside the walled enclosure; the days indicated to be able to use its water for domestic use and irrigation; as well as repair and management tasks, and everything related to the perfect distribution of such precious hydraulic resources.

Keywords : Hydraulic infrastructures; irrigation channels; Municipal Ordinances; Granada; 16th century.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )