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THE ROMAN BRIDGE

            El puente de Alcántara 
es un puente romano en arco construido entre los años 103 y 104, que cruza el río Tajo en la localidad española de Alcántara, en la provincia de Cáceres. España. Es un puente que conjuga técnica depurada con estética y funcionalidad, uno de los más claros exponentes de lo que fue la ingeniería civil romana impregnada de carácter propagandístico. 
Sus altos pilares provistos de contrafuertes que realzan su verticalidad y sus arcos propician la buscada monumentalidad y se consideraron arquetipo de otras obras, como el cercano pero más modesto puente de Segura. En su arco central se alude al emperador en cuyo período se levantó, Trajano, y a los municipios de la zona que contribuyeron al proyecto. Dañado y reconstruido en varias ocasiones desde la Edad Media hasta el siglo XIX, el puente ha sido descrito por cronistas, viajeros y estudiosos que lo han podido admirar a lo largo de la historia y que han dejado testimonios de elogio desde el medievo hasta nuestros días.
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The Alcantara Bridge
It is a Roman arch bridge built between the years 103 and 104, which crosses the Tagus River in the Spanish town of Alcántara, in the province of Cáceres. Spain. It is a bridge that combines refined technique with aesthetics and functionality, one of the clearest exponents of what was Roman civil engineering impregnated with a propagandistic nature.
Its tall pillars provided with buttresses that enhance its verticality and its arches favor the sought-after monumentality and were considered the archetype of other works, such as the nearby but more modest Segura bridge. Its central arch alludes to the emperor in whose period it was built, Trajan, and to the municipalities in the area that contributed to the project. Damaged and rebuilt several times from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, the bridge has been described by chroniclers, travelers and scholars who have been able to admire it throughout history and who have left testimonies of praise from the Middle Ages to the present day. .
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