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Image: Puente de Alconétar, Cáceres Province, Spain. Drawing 01

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Description: Ground plan of the remains of the Roman Alconétar Bridge at the right-hand bank. These include the abutment, five piers and four arches. From left to right: 1 = 1st floodway (Roman) 2 = 2nd floodway (Roman) 1 = 1st bridge arch (post-ancient) 2 = 2nd bridge arch (destroyed) 3 = 3rd bridge arch (post-ancient) 4 = 4th bridge arch (destroyed) 5 = 5th bridge arch (destroyed), orginally possibly two arch vaults
Title: Puente de Alconétar, Cáceres Province, Spain. Drawing 01
Credit: Slightly modified version of: Antonio Prieto Vives: "El puente romano de Alconétar", Archivo Español de Arte y Arqueología, Vol. 2 (May/Aug. 1925), pp.147–158 (150, Fig. 3)
Author: Antonio Prieto Vives
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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