Ponte das Taipas

41.481946 - 8.344996Koordinaten: 41 ° 28 ' 55 " N, 8 ° 20' 42 " W

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Ave

The Ponte das Taipas is a bridge over the river Ave in Caldas das Taipas at Guimarães in Portugal. Contrary to some information, the stone slab bridge non-Roman origin, but was built in modern times. The paving of the bridge pathway is partially preserved.

The village church is the so-called Trajansstein ( Pedra de Trajano ), a huge block of granite which bears an inscription from the year 103 AD. Sure, the block is already in pre-Roman times had a meaning, from which the reason for the attachment of the Latin inscription results. The thermal spas of Caldas das Taipas were already known in Roman times; there are signs of a spa.