Puente nuevo - Ourense, Galicia, España
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Stamp of Puente Nuevo
Waymark Code: WM12XDA
Location: Galicia, Spain
Date Posted: 08/01/2020
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This stamp was created for the birthday 100 of the Puente Nuevo in Ourense.
It is the second bridge in the Ourense chronology : its opening, at the beginning of the 20th century, brought with it the title of "old" for the Puente Mayor, until then the only one on the Miño. The modernist design of its central arch reminds us of Gustave Eiffel's creations.
The history of the bridge begins in 1895, years of transformation of the city, when the deputy in Cortes, D. Vicente Pérez, began the efforts to build a new bridge over the Miño river to decongest the Puente Mayor.
Under the design of the engineer Martín Díez de la Banda, the works were completed and it was inaugurated in 1918 in order to facilitate and improve communication on the two banks. The stone used in the bridge factory came from the nearby town of Outariz, and was worked by stonecutters from Cotobade (Pontevedra) under the direction of Díez de la Banda.
Anchors, bridges, oak leaves and other motifs decorate the bas-reliefs of the stone arches at the ends of this bridge, a symbol of the splendor of the Ourense of the early 20th century.
It consists of six arches of ashlar masonry and a metallic section of parabolic arch with 74 meters of light. At the ends, the arrangement, from left to right, is of three 12-meter-long semicircular arches, followed by a carpanel-type arc of 25-meter light. Once the river has saved two arches again, the first carpanel and the second semicircular arch of the same size as the first. In the upper part are some cast iron street lamps made by the Talleres Iglesias de Madrid.
It is located upstream of the Old Bridge, 450 meters away.
Font:https://www.turismodeourense.gal/recurso/ponte-nova/
La historia del puente comienza en 1895, años de tranformación de la ciudad, cuando el diputado en Cortes D. Vicente Pérez inicia las gestiones para la construcción de un nuevo puente sobre el río Miño que descongestione el Puente Mayor.
Bajo el diseño del ingeniero Martín Díez de la Banda, se terminaron las obras y fue inaugurado en 1918 con el fin de facilitar y mejorar la comunicación de las dos orillas. La piedra utilizada en la fábrica del puente procedía del cercano pueblo de Outariz, y era labrada por canteros de Cotobade (Pontevedra) bajo la dirección del propio Díez de la Banda.
Anclas, puentes, hojas de roble y otros motivos decoran los bajorrelieves de los arcos en piedra de los extremos de este puente, símbolo del esplendor del Ourense de principios del siglo XX.
Consta de seis arcos de sillería y un tramo metálico de arco parabólico con 74 metros de luz. En los extremos, la disposición, de izquierda a derecha, es de tres arcos de medio punto de 12 metros de luz, seguido de uno de tipo carpanel de 25 metros de luz. Una vez salvado el río de nuevo dos arcos, el primero carpanel y el segundo de medio punto de idéntico tamaño a los primeros. En la parte superior se encuentran unas farolas de fundición realizadas por los Talleres Iglesias de Madrid.
Se encuentra situado aguas arriba del Puente Viejo, a 450 metros de distancia
Stamp Issuing Country: Spain
Date of Issue: 2018
Denomination: Sello
Color: azuk
Stamp Type: Single Stamp
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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