Puente de San Martín (Toledo)

Puente de San Martín in Toledo

Puente de San Martin

The Puente de San Martín ( German Sankt-Martin-Brücke ) is a medieval bridge over the Tagus River in Toledo ( Spain ). The bridge was built in the late 14th century by Archbishop Pedro Tenorio as a western entrance to Toledo and served as a complement to the older, eastern Puente de Alcántara . Both sides of the bridge were heavily fortified with towers , the newer of which dates from the 16th century.

The Sankt-Martin-Brücke spans the Tagus in five arches, with the largest in the middle having an impressive span of 40.0 m. Very few arch bridges in the world had reached this mark by then.

See also

Other very large medieval arch bridges are

• Puente del Diablo (Martorell) (37.3 m wingspan)
• Ponte della Maddalena (37.8 m span)
• Pont de Nyons (40.53 m span)
• Pont du Diable (Céret) (45.45 m span)
• Ponte Scaligero (48.70 m span)
• Pont Grand (Tournon) (49.20 m span)
• Trezzo Bridge (72 m span)

Web links

Commons : Puente de San Martín (Toledo)  - Collection of images

• Puente de San Martín (Toledo). In: Structurae
• Puente de San Martín at Brueckenweb.de
• Puente de San Martín

supporting documents

1. ^ Colin O'Connor: Roman Bridges , Cambridge University Press 1993, ISBN 0-521-39326-4 , p. 188

Coordinates: 39 ° 51 '23.8 "  N , 4 ° 2' 3.2"  W.