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The Puente de San Martín ( en, St Martin's Bridge) is a
The bridge was constructed in the late 14th century by 
San Martin's Bridge (Puente de San Martín)
Pedestrian bridges in Spain San Martin San Martin San Martin Bridges in Toledo, Spain Stone arch bridges {{spain-bridge-struct-stub
The Puente de San Martín ( en, St Martin's Bridge) is a medieval
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the Post-classical, post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with t ...
bridge across the river Tagus
The Tagus ( ; es, Tajo ; pt, Tejo ; see #Name, below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally west with two main south-westward sections ...
in Toledo
Toledo most commonly refers to:
* Toledo, Spain, a city in Spain
* Province of Toledo, Spain
* Toledo, Ohio, a city in the United States
Toledo may also refer to:
Places Belize
* Toledo District
* Toledo Settlement
Bolivia
* Toledo, Orur ...
, Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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.
The ''Puente de San Martín'' features five arches, with the largest in the middle having a span of 40 meters.Colin O'Connor: ''Roman Bridges'', Cambridge University Press, 1993, , p. 188 Only very few bridges in the world were that long at the time of its construction.
History
The bridge was constructed in the late 14th century by archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
Pedro Tenorio to provide access to the old town from the west, complementing the older Puente de Alcántara
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 w ...
linking to the east. Both sides of the bridge were heavily fortified with tower
A tower is a tall Nonbuilding structure, structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from guyed mast, masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting ...
s, the more recent dating from the 16th century.
Legend
A legend about the bridge is that Ildefonsus, the Metropolitan Bishop of Toledo, asked to be present at the inauguration of the bridge. When the architect was viewing the bridge the day before the bridge's inauguration he was horrified to notice that he had made a perilous miscalculation- the bridge would collapse once its supports were removed. He went home and told his wife that the bridge would collapse, with him on it and that he would be disgraced. That night while he slept his wife secretly made her way to the bridge and started a fire to ensure it would burn down. Her husband was saved from disgrace and the bridge was rebuilt without the original structural miscalculations.See also
Other very large medieval bridges *Puente del Diablo (Martorell)
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The Pont del Diable ( es, Puente del Diablo, en, Devil's bridge), also known as Sant Bartomeu Bridge, is a medieval bridge crossing the river Llobregat and straddling the municipalities of Martorell and Castellbisbal in Catalonia, Spain ...
(37.3 m span)
* Ponte della Maddalena
Ponte della Maddalena is a bridge crossing the Serchio river near the town of Borgo a Mozzano in the Italian province of Lucca. It's one of numerous medieval bridges known as ''Ponte del Diavolo'', the " Bridge of the Devil", it was a vital river ...
(37.8 m span)
* Nyons Bridge
The Nyons Bridge is a medieval bridge over the river Eygues in Nyons in southern France.
The bridge was completed in 1407. It features a single span of 40.53 m, quite large for the standards of the day.
See also
* List of bridges in France
* ...
(40.53 m span)
* Pont du Diable (Céret)
Pont, meaning "bridge" in French, may refer to:
Places France
* Pont, Côte-d'Or, in the Côte-d'Or ''département''
* Pont-Bellanger, in the Calvados ''département''
* Pont-d'Ouilly, in the Calvados ''département''
* Pont-Farcy, in the Calva ...
(45.45 m span)
* Castelvecchio Bridge
The Castel Vecchio Bridge (Italian: ''Ponte di Castel Vecchio'') or Scaliger Bridge (Italian: ''Ponte Scaligero'') is a fortified bridge in Verona, northern Italy, over the Adige River. The segmental arch bridge featured the world's largest spa ...
(48.7 m span)
* Pont Grand (Tournon-sur-Rhône)
The Pont Grand is a stone bridge connecting Tournon-sur-Rhône to Saint-Jean-de-Muzols, in Ardèche, France, built between 1379 and 1583. The bridge features a single, semi-circular arch over the river Doux with a span of 49.20 m. The height of t ...
(49.2 m span)
* Pont de Vieille-Brioude
Pont de Vieille-Brioude (Vieille-Brioude Bridge) is located in France, crossing the river Allier. It is a masonry arch bridge with a span of that was built in 1832.
The predecessor of this bridge on the same site was probably built in 1479 and ha ...
(54.2 m span)
* Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge
The Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge or Trezzo Bridge was a medieval bridge at Trezzo sull'Adda in Lombardy, Italy, spanning the Adda river. Completed in 1377, the single-arch bridge held the record for the largest span for over four hundred years, until ...
(72 m span)
References
External links
* *San Martin's Bridge (Puente de San Martín)
Pedestrian bridges in Spain San Martin San Martin San Martin Bridges in Toledo, Spain Stone arch bridges {{spain-bridge-struct-stub