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Puente de San Martín (Toledo)

Puente de San Martín (Toledo)

The Puente de San Martín (English: "San Martin Bridge") is a medieval bridge across the river Tajo in Toledo, Spain. The bridge was constructed in the late 14th century by archbishop Pedro Tenorio to provide access to the old town from the west, complementing the older Puente de Alcántara linking to the east. Both sides of the bridge were heavily fortified with towers, the more recent dating from the 16th century.

The "Puente de San Martín" features five arches, with the largest in the middle reaching an impressive span length of 40 m. [Colin O'Connor: "Roman Bridges", Cambridge University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-521-39326-4, p.188] Only very few bridges in the world had reached that mark until then.

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See also

Other very large medieval bridges
* Puente del Diablo (Martorell) (37.3 m span)
* Pont du Diable (Céret) (45.45 m span)
* Castelvecchio Bridge (48.70 m span)
* Pont Grand (Tournon-sur-Rhône) (49.20 m span)
* Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge (72 m span)

External links

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* [http://www.brueckenweb.de/datenbank/bruecken/brueckenblatt.php?bas=4386 Puente de San Martín at Brueckenweb.de] (German)
* [http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/spain/toledo/martinbridge/bridge.html San Martin's Bridge (Puente de San Martín)]


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