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Bridge of Esponellà

Esponellà, Pla de l'Estany, Girona

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Bridge of Esponellà

Monument · Esponellà, Pla de l'Estany, Girona

The bridge of Esponellà crosses the river Fluvià in the Pla de l'Estany (Gerona) and is protected as a Bien Cultural de Interés Local (a local-level heritage protection designation in Catalonia). Its construction was authorised in 1392 — in the late 14th century — by Sibil·la de Vilademuls and was considered complete in 1442, with six arches, of which the central one, wider than the rest, is today spanned by a metal lattice girder while the others retain semicircular ashlar arches. It has been destroyed and rebuilt several times: in 1794 its central span was blown up to slow the French army, and it was not restored until 1900–1903; it was demolished again in 1939 during the retreat of the Republican army, and was rebuilt in its present form by the end of that same year.

Photo: Josep Salvany i Blanch (Public domain)

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