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Bridge of a Cigarrosa

Petín, Valdeorras, Ourense

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Bridge of a Cigarrosa

Monument · Petín, Valdeorras, Ourense

Bridge over the Sil built in the 16th century and remodelled in the 17th, reusing an earlier structure of Roman origin; the Vía Nova, the imperial road linking Braga with Astorga, once crossed it. It has five arches of unequal size and shape on four piers, and takes its name from the ancient mansio of Forum Cigurrorum, in the territory of the Gigurri tribe; from the Roman bridge, courses of ashlar blocks survive on one pier and the foundations of another, now submerged. It was rebuilt in 1577 by Juan de Náveda and repaired again in 1904. A tombstone and Roman mosaics were found beside it, now in the Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Ourense (Ourense Provincial Archaeological Museum), and in 2022 a milestone (miliario) was discovered. Since a parallel bridge was built downstream, it is now used exclusively by pedestrians.

Photo: Estevoaei (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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