September 24, 2025
Description
The most famous landmark of the city of Querétaro in central Mexico is the aqueduct or arches (Los Arcos), a civil engineering work from the 1700's to bring water to the city center from a spring in some mountains to the east.
It currently has 74 arches with an average height of 28 meters and a length of 1,280 meters.
Legend has it that a rich Marquis of the city was in love with a woman, and asked what she wanted in return for his love. She asked to bring water for all the citizens of Querétaro, so the Marquis had the aqueduct built. The end point is a well in the Templo de La Cruz (from Wikipedia).
This model was originally made by Dany Sánchez in 2014, as one of MiniWorld3D's very first models, and updated to 2025 standards with much better details, zero overhangs and optimal printability.
You can print it all at once without supports, the arches support themselves, or split in halves and glue them after.
MiniWorld3D is happy to bring this historical model to life as a homage to all the people of Querétaro, birthplace of MiniWorld3D. Please give credit, it's all about spreading culture!
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Images by Dany Sánchez. Printed in a Prusa MK4 with SpiderMaker matte PLA “frosted almond” , 0.2mm layers, 15% lightning infill, no brims, no supports. The ground is mustard yellow and pause to change grass green Fillamentum PLA.
You can print it all at once without supports, the arches support themselves, or split in halves and glue them after. The split in halves gives the option to pause and change color.
No rafts or brims needed, but you can add one if you experience warping.
Infill: 15%, lightning pattern ok.
Fuzzy skin gives a good stone masonry simulation.
License:
Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial — NoDerivatives
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