Ponte Medieval de San Clodio - Leiro, Ourense, Galicia, España - Battlefields on Waymarking.com

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EN: "It consists of three arches with spans of 10.75-18.98 and 13.50 meters.
Level "glomada" with vertex in the key, The width between sills varies from 4.28 to 3.25 meters and between facings from 4.00 to 4.70 meters.
The end of the sill with pediment is a cross on one side and a ball on the other which may be from the 19th century. A figure is carved on one of the keys and a prismatic ornament on the other. Marks of quarrymen can be seen on some of the downstream walls.

In the first half of the 15th century, this bridge did not yet exist, and it seems that it was built between 1496 and 1498. It had reforms in 1731, and was the subject of fierce confrontations during the war of independence in 1809.
This bridge was declared a "National Monument" by Royal Decree 1198/19"

"The Spanish War of Independence was a military conflict that took place between 1808 and 1814 within the context of the Napoleonic Wars, which pitted the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal against Napoleon Bonaparte, whose intention was, after the abdications of Bayonne, to install his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, on the Spanish throne and establish Spain as a satellite state of the First French Empire."

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Name of Battle: Independencia española Name of War: Independencia español Entrance Fee: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Date(s) of Battle (Beginning): 05/02/1808 Date of Battle (End): 04/17/1814 Parking: Not Listed

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