Viewpoints

Vista sobre a Ponte Romana (Santo Adrião)

EM 513, Santo Adrião, 5110 Armamar

Contacts and location

Address: EM 513, Santo Adrião, 5110 Armamar
Coordinates: 41.12879, -7.63352 · see on map

The Vista sobre a Ponte Romana ("view over the Roman bridge") is a lookout on the EM 513 road near Santo Adrião, in the parish of Vila Seca e Santo Adrião, municipality of Armamar.

What you see from here is the Romanesque Bridge of Santo Adrião over the Tedo River, which links the municipalities of Armamar and Tabuaço. According to the municipality, two secondary roads of the Roman road network crossed at this spot. The bridge is 50 metres long, has two round arches and a granite-slab deck, and is considered the longest ashlar bridge over the Tedo. Its buttresses show Romanesque construction, but it may stand on older, possibly Roman, foundations.

The viewpoint is about 5 km in a straight line from the centre of Armamar and is reached by car along the EM 513. The bridge makes a good short stop, with a view over the Tedo valley.