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The Puente Romano, the Roman Bridge, has spanned the river Tormes at Salamanca for some two thousand years. Originally built in the first century, in the time of the Romans, as part of the Vía de la Plata, the Silver Route that ran the length of western Hispania, it carried travellers, traders and later pilgrims into the city for centuries, and its lower arches nearest the old town are still substantially Roman. Crossing it, or viewing the city from the far bank, gives the classic, postcard panorama of Salamanca: the golden old town rising above the river, crowned by the great dome and towers of the cathedral, especially magical at sunset when the sandstone glows. At the city end of the bridge stands a weathered pre-Roman stone bull, the Toro Ibérico, a mysterious Iron Age sculpture that features in the opening of Lazarillo de Tormes, the famous sixteenth-century novel. It makes a fitting place to end a walk through the golden city.
Wissenswertes
- 1 century — The bridge was first built in the first century as part of the Roman Silver Route
- 15 arches — Span the river Tormes, the lower ones still substantially Roman
- 1 stone bull — A pre-Roman Iron Age stone bull stands at the city end of the bridge
📍 Puente Romano, 37008, Salamanca