Puente de Alcántara

For the bridge that spans the Tagus River in Alcántara, Spain, see Alcántara Bridge.

View of the Puente of Alcántara (left) from the east

The Puente de Alcántara is a Roman arch bridge in Toledo, Spain, spanning the Tagus River. The word Alcántara comes from Arabic القنطرة (al-qanţarah), which means "bridge".

Located at the feet of the Castillo de San Servando, it was built by the Romans after they founded the city. In the Middle Ages it was one of the few entrances of the pilgrim into the city.

It was declared a national cultural monument in 1921.

The bridge should not be confused with either the Alcántara Bridge in Alcántara or the Alconétar Bridge in the Extremadura region, both Roman bridges situated further downstream.

Elevated view of the bridge
Puente de Alcántara viewed from Toledo
The Alcántara Bridge, collotype, 1889

External links

Media related to Puente de Alcántara, Toledo at Wikimedia Commons

Roman bridges

England	Chesters Bridge Piercebridge Roman Bridge Pons Aelius

France	Pont Ambroix Pont de Bornègre Pont Flavien Pont du Gard Pont Julien Pont sur la Laye Pont des Marchands Pont Serme Roman Bridge (Saint-Thibéry) Roman Bridge (Vaison-la-Romaine)

Germany	Caesar's Rhine bridges Roman Bridge (Trier)

Iran	Band-e Kaisar

Italy	Pons Aemilius Pons Agrippae Ponte Altinate Pons Cestius Pons Fabricius Pons Neronianus Pons Probi Pons Sublicius Pont d'Aël Pont de Pierre (Aosta) Pont-Saint-Martin Ponte d'Augusto (Narni) Ponte di Tiberio (Rimini) Ponte Corvo Ponte del Gran Caso Ponte Milvio Ponte Molino (Padua) Ponte Nomentano Ponte Pietra (Verona) Ponte di Pioraco Ponte di Quintodecimo Ponte Salario Ponte San Lorenzo Ponte Sant'Angelo Susegana Bridge

Lebanon	Leontes Bridge

Portugal	Ponte de Rubiães Ponte Nova da Cava da Velha Roman Bridge (Chaves)

Romania	Constantine's Bridge (Danube) Trajan's Bridge

Spain	Acueducto de los Milagros, Mérida Albarregas bridge, Mérida Alcántara's bridge Ávila's bridge Puente de Alcántara, Toledo Garrovillas de Alconétar's bridge Córdoba's bridge Aqüeducte de les Ferreres, Tarragona Mérida's bridge Salamanca's bridge Segovia's aqueduct Talamanca de Jarama's bridge

Syria	Bridge at Nimreh Gemarrin Bridge Kharaba Bridge

Turkey	Aesepus Bridge Arapsu Bridge Bridge at Oinoanda Constantine's Bridge (Mysia) Eurymedon Bridge (Aspendos) Eurymedon Bridge (Selge) Karamagara Bridge Kemer Bridge Limyra Bridge Misis Bridge Macestus Bridge Nysa Bridge Penkalas Bridge Pergamon Bridge Sangarius Bridge Severan Bridge Taşköprü (Adana) Valens Aqueduct Bridge White Bridge (Mysia)

Full list of Roman bridges

Coordinates: 39°51′37″N 4°01′03″W / 39.8603°N 4.0175°W / 39.8603; -4.0175

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