Santa Luzia Dam

Santa Luzia Dam (Portuguese: Barragem de Santa Luzia) is a concrete arch dam on the Unhais, a northern tributary of the Zêzere River, located in the municipality Pampilhosa da Serra, in Coimbra District, Portugal.

The dam was constructed between 1930 and 1942[1] and was designed by André Coyne.

The dam contains 2 crest spillways and one bottom outlet.

At full reservoir level the reservoir of the dam (Portuguese: Albufeira da Barragem de Santa Luzia) has a surface area of 2.46 km² and its total capacity is 53.7 Mio m³.

[3][4] The power plant is one of the smaller hydroelectric power stations in Portugal with a nameplate capacity of 32 MW.