Eduardo Saavedra y Moragas (27 February 1829 in

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– 12 March 1912 in

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, archaeologist and

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, member of the

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, Real Academia Española and cofounder-president of the Real Sociedad Geográfica.

Biography

In 1857 Eduardo Saavedra designed the Chipiona Lighthouse, the highest lighthouse in Spain. In 1860 he discovered

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ruins in the

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and was the chairman of the committee that dealt with the archaeological excavations. While working on the project of roads between Soria and the

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he discovered the Roman roadXVII vía romana
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and Augustóbriga. Chipiona faro 01

Archeological Studies

*"Descripción de la vía romana entre Uxama y Augustóbriga", en Memorias de la Real Academia de la Historia, vol. 9, 1879

Arabic Studies

* ''La Geografía de España de El Idrisí'', Madrid, 1881. * ''Intereses de España en Marruecos'', Madrid, 1884. * ''Estudio sobre la invasión de los árabes en España'', Madrid, 1891. * ''La mujer mozárabe'', Madrid, 1904.

Bibliography

* Guijarro, Luis (2006)
«Castilla y León, con el sello de norte».
Revista del Ministerio de Fomento (553) (Ministerio de Fomento). pp. 80–95. ISSN 1577-4589. * Mañas Martínez, José (1983), Eduardo Saavedra, Ingeniero y Humanista; prólogo de Julio Caro Baroja, Madrid:Turner-Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos. * Manzanares de Cirre, Manuela (1972), Arabistas españoles del siglo XIX, Madrid, Instituto Hispano-Árabe de Cultura. * Pasamar Alzuria, Gonzalo; Peiró Martín, Ignacio (2002). Diccionario Akal de Historiadores españoles contemporáneos.

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References

External links

Obras de Eduardo Saavedra en la Biblioteca Virtual Cervantes

La ingeniería española y el Canal de Suez. El primer viaje de una fragata española a través del canal (1869) : Exposición Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
1829 births 1912 deaths Architects from Catalonia Engineers from Catalonia 20th-century archaeologists Members of the Royal Spanish Academy Architects from Madrid Engineers from Madrid Spanish Arabists Spanish orientalists {{archaeologist-stub