In the center of Pontevedra close to the Río Lérez this old Roman milestone is located. I wasn't able to find any information at the site but I showed the picture to one of my friends who is an archaeologist. Here is what he was able to tell:
The inscription:
"The inscription on the stone tells about emporer Hadrian (emporer from 117-138 AC) and all his titles of honour. Like CAES AVG P.P. which refers to the title of honour: Caesar Augustus, the father of the homeland (Pater Patriae).
Hadrian is mentioned in the fifth line from below. The letters NVS HAD can be seen on one of the pictures. Probably TRAJANUS HADRIANUS is written. That was Hadrians name. He took the name of his adoptive father: Trajan (emporer 98-117 after Christ, when he became an emporer.
The function of the milestone:
In the bottom line is written “LXXX” which probably refers to 80 miles – 120 km from a large city."
Thanks to Kristian from
Minck for help with
analyzing the inscription on the stone.
Pontevedra's relation to the Roman cicilization:A local legend relates the foundation of Pontevedra to Teucer, hero of the Trojan War, a legend which was reinforced with the suspicion that Greek traders might have arrived to the Rias Baixas area in ancient times.[11] However, historians and archaeologists tend to agree that the initial settlement was probably formed during the integration of Gallaecia (old Galicia) into the Roman Empire (circa 1st century BC). The name of the city is a Latin composite, derived from Pons/Pontis (bridge) and Veteris/Vetera (old), hence Ponte(m)Vetera(m), and thence Galician language Ponte-Vedra, "the old bridge", in reference to the old Roman bridge across Lérez River.
Source:wikipedia.org