| Barcelos Bridge Ponte de Barcelos | |
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| Coordinates | 41°31′39″N 8°37′20″W / 41.527524°N 8.622304°W / 41.527524; -8.622304 |
| Locale | Barcelos, Braga District,  Portugal |
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Barcelos Bridge is a medieval bridge that crosses the Cávado River in Barcelos, Portugal. The bridge was classified as a National Monument in 1910. Construction started in 1325 by order of Pedro Afonso, Count of Barcelos; the structure underwent re-construction works during the XVII and XIX centuries. It features five uneven arches, with cutwaters in the pillars.
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.
See also
References
- "Ponte sobre o Cávado" (in Portuguese). Direção-Geral do Património Cultural. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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