We are again in Celanova. We visit the parish of Freixo in which the Roman Bridge over the River Arnoia is located.
Coordinates to find the location of Celanova in Galicia. Extend the map and reach the Roman Bridge in Freixo: 42.200484, -7.970246
Our previous visits to Celanova:
Tower of Vilanova dos Infantes. Click Here.
The Alcázar de Milmanda. Church of San Salvador and Sanctuary of A Armada in O Rabal. Click Here.
The bridge which crosses the River Arnoia, was built between the 1st and 3rd centuries. It has come to our days in good state of conservation, without undergoing modifications.
It was declared a national monument in 1984 it is 57 metres long and has four round arches with buttresses on pilasters to withstand the current of the River Arnoia.
Its construction was due to the need to link through a secondary route the Roman roads Via XVII and the Via Nova (or Via XVIII). Via Nova linked the towns of Bracara Augusta (Braga-Portugal) and Asturica Augusta (Astorga). This route was 215 Roman miles, approximately 318 kilometres.
Beside the bridge there is a nice recreational area.
We are about to cross the bridge.
From the middle of the bridge we can see downstream the current bridge on the road OU-404 which was built in the 19th century.
And now from the same place we see the River Arnoia upstream.
These millenary stones are preserved as paving of the bridge.
We are arriving at the other bank of the river.
At the end of the bridge and on the other side of the river we see this other section of the original paving of the bridge.
Now we descend to the recreational area.
The End.
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