Ponte sobre o Lima (Ponte da Barca) - Ponte da Barca, Portugal - Arch Bridges on Waymarking.com

[PT]
"No século XV, a vila ganhou autonomia e instituiu-se como paróquia, ao mesmo tempo que se tornou um lugar privilegiado de controlo de taxas e de impostos sobre os produtos e as passagens. É precisamente da primeira metade desse século que data a construção da actual ponte, obra de arquitectura de grande porte realizada a partir do modelo da vizinha ponte de Ponte de Lima (levantada, ao que tudo indica, pelas décadas finais do século XIV).

Muito levemente restaurada em 1955, altura em que um arco ameaçava ruir, a ponte de Ponte de Lima conserva-se como elemento estruturante da vila e do espaço envolvente."

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[EN]
"In the fifteenth century the village became independent and established itself as a parish, while it became a privileged place for the control of rates and taxes on products and tickets. It is precisely the first half of the century that dates the construction the existing bridge, an architectural work carried out at large from the model of the nearby bridge Ponte de Lima (raised, it seems, by the final decades of the fourteenth century).

Very slightly restored in 1955, when an arc threatened collapse, the bridge of Ponte de Lima is conserved as a structural element of the village and surrounding area. "

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Length of bridge: 50 Height of bridge: 10m What type of traffic does this bridge support?: Pedestrians, motor vehicles What kind of gap does this bridge cross?: River Date constructed: Fifteenth century Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: Yes Name of road or trail the bridge services: Ponte de Ponte da Barca Location: Ponte da Barca

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