Alcantara Bridge.


Spain. Extremadura. Alcantara Bridge. Roman Bridge. It was bilt over Thagus river between 104-106 AD by order of the emperor Trajan. The missing arch was demolished in 1809 and rebuilt in 1860. Engraving. Later colouration. General Chronicle of Spain, Illustrated and Descriptive History of its Provinces. Extremadura, 1870.


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