Ponte da Fontinha

Bridge of Fontinha

Ponte da Fontinha
Bridge of Fontinha; Ponte da Fontinha
Coordinates	40°51′13″N8°18′52″W / 40.853666°N 8.314519°W
Locale	Portugal, Vale de Cambra, Roge
Official name	Ponte de Paço de Mato/Ponte da Fontinha
Other name(s)	Ponte de Paço de Mato
Characteristics
Design	Medieval
Material	Reinforced concrete
History
Designer	unknown
Location

Last updated November 02, 2024

The Bridge of Fontinha (Portuguese : Ponte da Fontinha) is a medieval bridge situated in the civil parish of Roge, in the municipality of Vale de Cambra, Portuguese district of Aveiro.

History

The bridge was constructed sometime between the 17th and 18th century.^[1]

In 1992, there was a proposal from the Plano Diretor Municipal of Vale de Cambra to classify the structure of local heritage.^[1] By 14 September 2006, a dispatch from the IPPAR (forerunner of IGESPAR) closed the process to classify the structure.^[1]

Architecture

Situated in a rural location and isolated, serving an old road between Paço de Mato and Viadal that crosses the Rio Caima.^[1] It is located along the steep, cliffs, covered by vegetation and a riverbank dug by kettles.^[1] Near the southern margin, but father upstream are the ruins of an old mill constructed in masonry, with ceiling in slate.^[1] The road access that descends from Paço de Mato to the bank still retains many segments constructed of cobbled pavement.^[1]

Fontinha is a bridge over a simple arch, supported by footings sunk into the banks of the river, with larger staves then length constructed from granite and joined by mortar.^[1]

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References

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dordio, Paulo (2001), SIPA (ed.), Ponte de Paço de Mato/Ponte da Fontinha (IPA.00010204/PT010119070046) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 2 October 2016

Sources

Marques, M.C. de P.V. (1993), Monografia de Vale de Cambra (in Portuguese), Vale de Cambra, Portugal{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)