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Showing posts with label Bridges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bridges. Show all posts

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Visit the Bridge over the Ceira River - Ceira (Coimbra)


Visit the Conraria Bridge - Ceira (Coimbra)

The Conraria Bridge, is an iron bridge over the Ceira River, which connects the parishes of Castelo Viegas and Ceira.

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Visit the Palace Bridge - Arzila

The Ponte do Paço, which connects the Parish of Azila to the Municipality of Montemor-o-Velho, is an engineering work of the 19th century. XVII

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Visit the Rainha Santa Isabel - Almedina Bridge (Coimbra)

The Rainha Santa Isabel Bridge is a towering bridge over the Mondego River, upstream from Coimbra's city center and connects the Parishes of Almedina and Santa Clara. It was opened in 2004.
It is an asymmetrical tie-down bridge designed by engineer António Reis. It has a total span of 329.4 meters, with a main span of 186.5 meters. It consists of two lanes with three lanes in each direction on a 30 meter wide board.

Friday, November 22, 2019

Visit the Pedro and Inês Bridge - Almedina (Coimbra)

The Pedro e Inês Bridge is a pedestrian and bike path bridge over the Mondego River, in the Mondego Green Park of the city of Coimbra. And that connects the two banks of the Mondego, between the Parishes of Almedina and Santa Clara.
It is a work designed by engineer António Adão da Fonseca and architect Cecil Balmond. The bridge has five uneven spans overturned by downed metal arches, the largest of which is 110 meters. The total length is 274.5 meters, with the deck a mixed steel-reinforced concrete section. The wooden walkway is four meters wide, creating a square eight meters wide in the middle; The guards are made of laminated glass in four colors: yellow, blue, green and pink.

Saturday, November 2, 2019

Visit the Pedestrian Path of the Well of the Bells - Sarzedas

The Poço dos Sinos Route Pedestrian Trail starts at the Casa do Povo da Grade and then goes through olive groves and small family gardens to the village of Casal Novo.
In this village silence reigns, the uninhabited but preserved houses receive those who pass by. We head for the pine forest, along the banks of the river between willows and alders, among centuries-old bushes and olive trees forgotten by the owners, who once took their income, towards Ribeira da Magueija.
The path takes us to Ribeira do Goulo. Here too, nature has taken the place of the traditional olive grove planted by the ancestors of those who still live in neighboring villages. It is in this stream that ahead we will find the Poço dos Sinos Bridge that has legends and stories to discover with those who can tell them. The Santo Ildefonso Chapel is our next stop after being left behind by the company of man-planted olive and cork oaks.
From Santo Ildefonso we return to Ribeira, which houses the old wine press on the bank, of which only the greens that grind the olives remain. Let's find Pereiro Mill and Casal Novo Mill where we can go in and learn how the cereal was ground. We are now back at Grade and its cultivated fields where this route ends, in the same place from where we started.

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Visit the Bridge of the Fallen Arch - Low Scales


Visit the Munheca Bridge - Low Scales

The Munheca Bridge, located in the Parish of Escalos de Baixo, is a superb construction of the second half of the 19th century, over another from the Roman period.

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Visit the Shale Path of Martim Branco - Almaceda

The stunning Martim Branco Shale Path, located in the Feast of Almaceda, has two variants. The main, and longer, crosses the village to get into paths and forest paths that cross dams, streams and a deeply rural agricultural landscape.
The course begins in the Martim Branco Shale Village, crosses the stream and, taking the paths that cross the floodplain, it is possible to follow along the levadas contemplating a weir and mixtures of olive groves, medronhal and azinhal.
Further on, it crosses the stream on the Volta bridge again, entering a new track that accompanies a levada coming from a top weir.
Climb the Levada Nova to your weir where a path leads to a forest path. In Porto da Vila, the riparian corridor of the stream of Almaceda appears. You will cross the stream in a few poldras, which leads to the forest trail to the village of Almaceda.
The shorter variant leads to the water mills passing through the old milling core. After crossing the bridge of the Volta, it crosses the "Levada dos Moinhos" passing through the old milling nucleus towards Martim Branco.

Sunday, March 3, 2019

Visit the river beach of Rio Baceiro Bridge - Parâmio

The river beach of the Rio Baceiro Bridge is located just outside the village of Parâmio in the direction of Vilarinho

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Visit the Pedestrian Walk of the Monumental Basilica of Santo Cristo de Outeiro to the imposing Rio Sabor

The route begins in the village of Outeiro, next to the monumental Basilica Menor de Santo Cristo de Outeiro. It follows in the direction of E.N. 218, which is transposed by a bridge, beginning there the descent to the Sabor river. The first 2 km are covered in an agricultural area, but as the Pereiros Valley descends, the landscape changes and between giestas, carrascos and stevas, the Sabor river and the medieval Grijó bridge begin to be seen. makes the connection between Outeiro and Parada.
Then the road that follows is always going up, to the village of Paçó.
When reaching the area of ​​Cruz de Cima, in the center of the village, the course heads south, back to Outeiro, initially by asphalted road and then agricultural area, following a small water line.