Water distribution pipelines inside the monastery of El Escorial during the sixteenth century
Pablo Gumiel-Campos · 2024
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Description
Pablo Gumiel-Campos studies the water pipes of El Escorial monastery in a 2024 article. The vast sixteenth century site in Spain held many fountains and tanks. A large pipe network fed them all, yet its full layout was not well known.
Gumiel-Campos pairs old written sources on water with a list of the stone remains still on site. From those two strands he draws a fresh map of the supply network with mapping software. The map gives a sharper, fuller view of how water moved through the royal house. It adds plumbing to the known design skill of the famed building.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Pablo Gumiel-Campos |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |