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Roman bridge of Villarta de San Juan

Villarta de San Juan, La Mancha, Ciudad Real

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Roman bridge of Villarta de San Juan

Monument · Villarta de San Juan, La Mancha, Ciudad Real

The Roman bridge of Villarta de San Juan, known as the Puente Viejo, spans the waters of the río Gigüela and its tributary the Záncara, which here form an endorheic lagoon of ecological interest. Of Roman origin, it was reinforced in medieval times as an obligatory crossing point on the road from Consaburum to Laminio, and some historians place the ancient Roman city of Murum at Villarta. It stretches around 500 metres with an average width of five, and is made up of 46 arches, all different and irregularly distributed according to the currents of the terrain; the last four remained hidden under rubble until recent restoration works. Declared a monumento histórico-artístico of national character (an earlier heritage-protection designation) in 1983, it now holds the status of bien de interés cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection).

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