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The Puente de Alcántara is a Roman arch bridge in Toledo, Spain, spanning the River Tagus. The word Alcántara comes from Arabic القنطرة (al-qanţarah), which means "arch". Located at the foot of the Castillo de San Servando, it was built by the Romans after they founded the city. In the Middle Ages it was one of the few entrances for ...
The Alcántara Bridge (also known as Trajan's Bridge at Alcantara) is a Roman bridge at Alcántara, in Extremadura, Spain. Alcántara is from the Arabic word al-Qantarah (القنطرة) meaning "the arch". The stone arch bridge was built over the Tagus River between 104 and 106 AD by an order of the Roman emperor Trajan in 98. [6]
Roman bridge of Salamanca: Old City of Salamanca World Heritage Site (1988) Bien de Interés Cultural: ... Toledo Castile–La Mancha [S 12] [B 2] 14 ...
The Puerta de Alcántara, on the eastern side of the walls of Toledo. The Alcantara Gate (Spanish: Puerta de Alcántara) is a city gate located in Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It gives access to the interior of the historic center of the city, passing through its eastern side the surrounding wall.
An extreme of the Puente de San Martín in Toledo. The Puente de San Martín (English: St Martin's Bridge) is a medieval bridge across the river Tagus in Toledo, Spain.. The Puente de San Martín features five arches, with the largest in the middle having a span of 40 meters. [1]
"I was thinking maybe five or 10 years" before a new bridge might be built, Mr. Bess said Friday. But after about a year of construction, a new, $1.74 ... South Toledo street is set to reopen ...
Bridge of Caesar Augusta (located on the site of bridge Puente de piedra (Zaragoza) and it was a mixed work of stone and wood). Puente Miluze 42°49′4″N 1°40′48″W / 42.81778°N 1.68000°W / 42.81778; -1
Toledo (Latin: Toletum) is described by the Roman historian Livy (ca. 59 BCE – 17 CE) as urbs parva, sed loco munita ("a small city, but fortified by location").Roman general Marcus Fulvius Nobilior fought a battle near the city in 193 BCE against a confederation of Celtic tribes, defeating them and capturing a king called Hilermus.