{"id":22832,"date":"2019-07-18T15:10:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T14:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/portugalafora.com\/?p=22832"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:05:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T14:05:22","slug":"seis-pontes-em-portugal-que-sao-pura-beleza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/seis-pontes-em-portugal-que-sao-pura-beleza\/","title":{"rendered":"Six bridges in Portugal that are pure beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portugal is a small country, but old and full of history. Larger cities and some remote villages in the far reaches of the country hide true architectural jewels that have served communities for centuries. I'm talking about bridges. From north to south of the country there are hundreds of bridges to discover, from the simplest and rustic to the most modern and elaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The criterion for choosing, after all there are so many, is the impact that these bridges had on me. Of course, there are the most famous ones, but some have been built since ancient times and are less known. Discover my six favorite bridges in Portugal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

25th of April Bridge \u2013 Lisbon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the best-known bridges in Portugal, the bridge looks like the golden gate<\/em>, from United States. It connects the capital Lisbon to the south bank, it is just over 2.5 km long and cars pass through it. Thousands of people cross the bridge every day, which is just over half a century old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The beautiful 25 de Abril Bridge (Photo: CML)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

D. Luis I Bridge \u2013 Porto<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It unites the northern cities of Vila Nova de Gaia and the city of Porto. Built in 1881, the bridge was designed by a pupil of Gustave Eiffel. Quite short, just over 385 meters long, there are cars and the subway and it is also pedestrianized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The D. Luis bridge <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Vasco da Gama Bridge \u2013 Lisbon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until mid-2018 it was the longest bridge in Europe, just over 16 km long. It crosses the Tagus River and connects Lisbon to the city of Montijo and is one of the options for those who want to go to the south of the country, be it Set\u00fabal, Alentejo or Algarve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vasco da Gama Bridge (Photo: CML)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo Bridge \u2013 Amarante<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This one is old: it dates back to 1250, but it had to be rebuilt in 1763 because of a flood that devastated the north of the country. Located in the city of Amarante, in the Porto District, it crosses the T\u00e2mega River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo Bridge (Photo: Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Cavada Velha Bridge \u2013 Castro Laboreiro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This bridge, located in the small village of Castro Laboreiro \u2013 within the Peneda-Ger\u00eas National Park, far north of Portugal and close to Spain \u2013 is really old. It is Roman, dates back to the 1st century and crosses the river that gives the town its name. All made of granite, it is small in size but robust: it is 10.5 meters long and has a maximum height of seven meters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Roman bridge of Cavada Velha<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Trajan's Bridge \u2013 Chaves<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another bridge that crosses the T\u00e2mega River and in the north of the country, the Chaves bridge, as it is better known, is just over 150 meters long and is old. It also dates back to the 1st century and is therefore Roman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trajan's beautiful bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Portugal \u00e9 um pa\u00eds pequeno, mas antigo e cheio de hist\u00f3ria. Cidades de maior porte e algumas vilas remotas e […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[955,188],"class_list":["post-22832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curiosidades","tag-pontes","tag-portugal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22832"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22843,"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22832\/revisions\/22843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}