Eduardo Saavedra

Eduardo Saavedra (Spanish: Eduardo Saavedra y Moragas; 27 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.

Eduardo Saavedra
Born
Eduardo Saavedra y Moragas

27 February 1829
Tarragona, Spain
Died12 March 1912 (1912-03-13) (aged 83)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish

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
  • "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
  • 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. Ediciones Akal. ISBN 9788446014898.

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