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Arnelas Bridge

Vilanova de Arousa, Salnés, Pontevedra

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Arnelas Bridge

Monument · Vilanova de Arousa, Salnés, Pontevedra

Bridge of Roman origin over the river Umia, popularly known as a ponte dos padriños, which crossed the riverbed on the route linking the ría de Arousa with the inland Salnés territory. It joins the places of Baión, in the parish of the same name in Vilanova de Arousa, with Leiro, already in the neighbouring municipality of Ribadumia, the two together forming a single urban centre divided by the course of the river. It was one of the notable bridges where the ritual of early baptism was practised.

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