Villarente
| Villasabariego municipality: Villarente | |||
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| Autonomous Community : | Castile and Leon | ||
| Province : | Leon | ||
| Comarca : | Esla-Campos | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 34 ′ N , 5 ° 28 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 795 msnm | ||
| Residents : | 349 (2013) INE | ||
| Area code: | 24225000200 | ||
Villarente , also Puente de Villarente , is a place on the Camino de Santiago in the province of León in the autonomous community of Castile and León . Administratively he is dependent on Villasabariego .
The place is on the bridge over the Río Porma, which Aimeric Picaud and Hermann Künig von Vach mentioned in their pilgrimage reports. It has twenty irregular arches and has had to be repaired several times due to flood damage. Behind the bridge are the remains of a pilgrims' hospice, the founding of which is attributed to the Archdean of Triacastela and Cathedral Chapter of León.
literature
- Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X .
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