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Puente Sampayo Bridge

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The bridge is built on a Roman foundation. The first references to this bridge date back to the 10th and 11th centuries, when it was called "Ponti Sancti Pelagli de Lutto" (Bridge of San Paio de Lodo) and belonged to the
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crossed it, destroying the fortress that defended it. Anyone wishing to cross the river by the bridge had to pay a toll, but thanks to the archbishop of Santiago de Compostela,
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against the French invasion, which took place on 7 and 8 June 1809 under intense gunfire on both banks of the Verdugo River and in which the French were defeated.
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Building of the Official Association of Building Engineers and Technical Architects of Pontevedra
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The bridge is part of the PO-264 road and belongs to the road network of the
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and was extensively modified and rebuilt in the 16th and 18th centuries.
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The medieval bridge of Puente Sampayo on the website Turismo de Galicia
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It is a stone bridge 144 metres long and ten metres wide. It has ten
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between the civil parish of Ponte Sampaio in the municipality of
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and the civil parish of Arcade in the municipality of
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Coordinates
42°20′46″N 8°36′25″W / 42.345983°N 8.606833°W / 42.345983; -8.606833 (Puente Sampayo Bridge)
Verdugo River
Pontevedra
Soutomaior
Arch
Verdugo River
Pontevedra
Soutomaior
Spain
Counts of Burgundy
Queen Urraca of León
Almanzor
Diego Gelmírez
Battle of Puente Sampayo
pointed arches
starlings
parapet
Xunta de Galicia
Portuguese Way
Pontevedra
Plaza de España
monument to the heroes of Puente Sampayo





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