Barcelos Bridge

Ponte de Barcelos
Coordinates41°31′39″N 8°37′20″W / 41.527524°N 8.622304°W / 41.527524; -8.622304
LocaleBarcelos, Braga District,  Portugal
Location

Barcelos Bridge is a medieval bridge that crosses the Cávado River in Barcelos, Portugal. The bridge was classified as a National Monument in 1910.[1] Construction started in 1325 by order of Pedro Afonso, Count of Barcelos; the structure underwent re-construction works during the XVII and XIX centuries.[2] It features five uneven arches, with cutwaters in the pillars.[3]

The old bridge awaits the construction of an alternative passage so it can be closed to transit, following concerns of the Direção-Geral do Património Cultural.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ponte sobre o Cávado" (in Portuguese). Direção-Geral do Património Cultural. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Gonçalves, Joaquim (2015). SIPA (ed.). "Ponte sobre o rio Cávado / Ponte de Barcelos (IPA.00000202)" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Oliveira, Daniel V.; Allahvirdizadeh, Reza; Sánchez, Ana; Riveiro, Belen; Mendes, Nuno; Silva, Rui A.; Fernandes, Francisco M. (2020). "Assessment of a Medieval Arch Bridge Resorting to Non-destructive Techniques and Numerical Tools". Proceedings of ARCH 2019. ARCH 2019. Structural Integrity. Structural Integrity. Vol. 11. Springer. p. 465. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-29227-0_49. ISBN 978-3-030-29226-3. S2CID 210305435 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Fonseca, Francisco (17 December 2003). "Ponte Medieval de Barcelos vai funcionar até haver nova travessia". Público (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

41°31′38″N 8°37′20″W / 41.52722°N 8.62222°W / 41.52722; -8.62222


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