Eduardo Saavedra

Eduardo Saavedra
Born Eduardo Saavedra y Moragas
1829, 27 February
Tarragona, Spain
Died 1912, 12 March
Madrid, Spain
Nationality Spanish

Eduardo Saavedra (Spanish: Eduardo Saavedra y Moragas; February 1829, in Tarragona 12 March 1912 in Madid[1]), Spanish engineer, architect, archaeologist and Arabist, member of the Real Academia de la Historia, Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, Real Academia Española and cofounder-president of the Real Sociedad Geográfica.

Biography

In 1857 Eduardo Saavedra designed the highest lighthouse in Spanin - Chipiona Light. In 1860 he discovered Numantia ruins in the province of Soria and was the chairman of the committee that dealt with the archaeological excavations. While working on the project of roads between Soria and the Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma he discovered the Roman road between Uxama Argaela and Augustóbriga.

Lighthouse of Chipiona, project by Eduardo Saavedra

Archeological Studies

Arabic Studies

Bibliography

References

  1. Pasamar Alzuria y Peiró Martín, 2002, p. 551.
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