The bridges are very important because there are lots of rivers in
Spain and we can cross them. The
bridges are also importants for the pilgrims because they have to walk lots of
km and cross many rivers to arrive to a sacred place in Santiago de Compostela.
It’s very important for themselves to arrive there and without the bridges they
can’t cross the rivers. Also called Garex: It is in the county
of Navarrese, judicial party of Pamplona. In the Middle Ages the population
called it indistinctly Arga Bridge and
Queen Bridge. It was built by the Navarrese Queen to facilitate the pilgrimages
the way to Santiago because in this point were joined the two routes of
pilgrims which came from France. It was built in the XI century. LEDESMA BRIDGE: Some authors place it in the Romanic period
because it already appears mentioned in
a document of the XV century. It is made by nine medieval arches and it crosses
the river Ulla between Gres and Ledesma. It seems that it belonged to the old
real road that joined Lugo with Santiago.
It belongs to the city council of Vila
of Cruces The Gothic bridge, with an interesting
cruise and the adjacent mills which form a beautiful group. It is over the
reservoir of Dorna. In spite of the
overgrowth that almost hides their three ogival arches, the bridge is still
witness of the water of the river
Lérez. It belongs to the city council of
Cerdedo. BORELA BRIDGE This old Medieval bridge over the river
Almofrei was repaired so that it could support the traffic of the vehicles that
circulate between Puente Bora and Carballedo. It is formed by a pointed arch
and it preserves the railing and many of its original stone. It belongs to the city council of
Cotobade.
Maple bridge, over the river Pas (Cantabria), also bad called
Roman Bridge, it is the work of civil engineering more relevant. It was
declared Cultural Interest Good. It is a stone bridge shaped of ass loin that
was lifted since 1.585 under the direction of the Liérganes stonemason teacher,
Don Bartolomé of Beautiful. It shows five arches of different sizes.
When the river Pas went down with
enormous water floods, it dragged the bridge knocking down it partly or
whole. It was repaired again but not in
a very resistant way .