Roman bridge of Alcántara
'Alcántara' is a municipality (pop. 1769) in the province of
Cáceres,
Extremadura,
Spain, on the
Tagus, near
Portugal. It is famed for its Roman bridge of six symmetrical arches, 194 m/670 feet long and 71 m/210 feet high, built in honour of
Trajan in
104. An inscription gives the name of the architect of the viaduct, C. Iulius Lacer. The bridge carried the Roman road from
Norba to
Conimbriga.
The
Order of Alcantara, a religious and military order, was established in
1176 here, for defence against the Moors, and was suppressed in
1835.
In 1499,
Peter of Alcantara, teacher of
Theresa of Avila,
saint and
Franciscan reformer was born here.
References
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Richard Stillwell, ed. ''Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites'', 1976: "Alcántara, Cáceres, Spain"
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