El Puente de la Vega, commonly called by neighbors as a bridge Villalcampo Veiga, It is located at the entrance of the village as the capital comes from the zamorana.

It is one of the oldest and symbolic traditional buildings of the town, its construction dates back to Roman times.

It is a very elaborate bridge and although not large, in ancient times was essential function as transit between two shores, thus crossing the Arroyo de la Rivera.

It consists of stones of different sizes, all granite, since it is the predominant rock in the area. such stones, given specific names, as "logs"Which are large granite slabs wisely placed on"pillars”. And the "guards”, which they reinforce the whole and divide the current thereby increasing the resistance to water.

In this picture we can see the bridge de la Vega at the front of a few years ago.

This other picture shows the bridge de la Vega for the inside.

Around the bridge, there are walled gardens for care, with plants and trees that provide shade to the picnic areas that are out there, It is very useful for people in good weather, in order to make a cookout and enjoy the scenery.

Nowadays, restoration of the bridge has been carried out, because in times where the highest rainfall are concentrated, It is affected by the large amount of water that carries Arroyo, even to cover his eyes Bridge, thing that draws attention to both common people as to travelers transiting our road.

For repair stones have been taken from the same village, taken out and worked by the workers. In these images, as you can see in the front of the bridge they have been large stone slabs, “las guards“, supported and placed on the bridge piers, to protect them from water power.

In this other picture, can be seen as one of the eyes of the bridge has been restored. For that, They have filled the holes he had with stones of different sizes to, when water flows, not enter into them eroding the bridge. Process that has been repeated in all eyes Bridge.

The inside of the bridge is not as damaged as the front, as much impact receives water as the front, but they have also been retouched areas where construction has been affected by water.

Finally, The following pictures show the current state.  We could not miss such an ancient and symbolic monument as the Veiga bridge, since it is part of the Cultural Heritage.

We invite anyone who wants to visit,

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