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Bridge of el Paso Honroso

Hospital de Órbigo, Astorga, León

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Bridge of el Paso Honroso

Monument · Hospital de Órbigo, Astorga, León

A medieval bridge of nineteen arches over the Órbigo river, built on the Roman road that linked Legio (León) with Asturica Augusta (Astorga). Its disproportion to the river's current flow is explained by the river as it was before the Barrios de Luna reservoir was built; it has been a monument since 1939. It owes its name to the Paso Honroso, the tournament that the León knight Suero de Quiñones organised in 1434 with the permission of King John II: for a month, from 10 July to 9 August, he challenged every knight who crossed the bridge to fight or leave a token of cowardice, as a penance of love for his lady Leonor de Tovar. Every Thursday he wore an iron ring that could only be freed by making a pilgrimage to Santiago after breaking three hundred lances.

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