The Ponte de Rubiães is a
Roman bridge in the civil parish of
Rubiães
Rubiães is a civil parish in the municipality of Paredes de Coura
Paredes de Coura () is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,198, in an area of 138.19 km2.
The municipality is located in the district of Viana do Castel ...
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Paredes de Coura
Paredes de Coura () is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,198, in an area of 138.19 km2.
The municipality is located in the district of Viana do Castelo. The present Mayor is Prof. Vitor Paulo Pereira, elected by the Soc ...
municipality, northern
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
. It crosses the small river
Coura. It is part of the Portuguese
Way of St. James
The Camino de Santiago ( la, Peregrinatio Compostellana, "Pilgrimage of Compostela"; gl, O Camiño de Santiago), known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the Twelve Apostle ...
. The bridge was constructed in the 2nd century.
Footnotes
See also
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List of Roman bridges
This is a list of Roman bridges. The Romans were the world's first major bridge builders. The following list constitutes an attempt to list all known surviving remains of Roman bridges.
A Roman bridge in the sense of this article includes an ...
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List of bridges in Portugal
This list of bridges in Portugal lists bridges of particular historical, scenic, architectural or engineering interest. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included.
Historical and architectural interest bridges
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External links
Traianus- Technical investigation of Roman public works
Roman bridges in Portugal
Bridges completed in the 2nd century
Paredes de Coura
Bridges in Viana do Castelo District
Listed bridges in Portugal
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