The river Cúa is situated in the north of the region of
El Bierzo
El Bierzo (; or ''El Bierzu''; ) is a '' comarca'' in the province of León, Spain. Its capital is the town of Ponferrada. Other major towns are Bembibre and Villafranca del Bierzo, the historical capital.
The territory of El Bierzo inclu ...
in the province of
León, autonomous community of
Castilla y León
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(Spain). It rises in the Campo de la Pesca, near the port of Cienfuegos and flows into the river Sil at
Toral de los Vados
Toral de los Vados is a village and municipality located in the region of El Bierzo (León (province), province of León, Castile and León, Spain) . According to the 2004 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE), the municipality ...
. The tributaries of some importance on the right are the Ancares and Burbia rivers and of lesser volume on the left: the aforementioned Arroyo de Trayecto, the Faro river and the Biarzas river.
At first it runs in a W-E direction until one kilometre after receiving the waters of the Trayecto stream on the left, where the direction changes to N-S. It crosses the municipalities of
Peranzanes,
Fabero
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,
Vega de Espinareda,
Arganza,
Cacabelos,
Carracedelo and
Villadecanes-Toral de los Vados.
It belongs to the Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation.
Bridges
The bridge over the River Cúa on the outskirts of Cacabelos was the scene of the
Battle of Cacabelos
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, an armed confrontation of the
Spanish War of Independence
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that took place in January 1809 during the retreat to
La Coruña
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of British troops under the command of
Sir John Moore.
As it passes through the municipality of Vega de Espinareda there are several bridges that cross the river Cúa, one of them being a Roman bridge from the 1st or 2nd century AD. This bridge has been restored because the river carried part of it away in a flood.
References
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Rivers of Castile and León