The Puente de San Pablo in Cuenca !!!

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I will bring you back to my dear Spain, can’t be too far from it you know. The second most visited country in the world according to the official UN-WTO. And counting, a country under the sunshine with so much beauty ,history and architecture to offer the world. Spain, everything under the Sun ! And one of my most nostalgic cities there with many happier family memories this is Cuenca in the Autonomous Community of Castilla La Mancha, and the Kingdom of Spain. I like to update this older post with new text and links for you and me, Therefore, here is my take on the Puente de San Pablo in Cuenca !!! Hope you enjoy it as I

The Puente de San Pablo (Bridge) is a beam bridge that crosses the Huécar River in Cuenca. The current bridge was preceded by another of the same name, built between 1533 and 1589 originally in stone, to save the sickle of the Huécar, communicating the Convent of San Pablo (now a parador lodging chain) and the urban center,  passing by the hanging houses(casas colgadas see post). This bridge collapsed, and 8 years passed from then until the inauguration of the current iron bridge.

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A bit of history I like tell us that in 1902 ,the bridge was built of iron and wood being inaugurated on April 19, 1903. It is a rectilinear bridge, of 100 meters in length in two spans and 60 meters of maximum height, supporting its ends in six stirrups, one on the hill of the city and another in the hill opposite. It is composed of 5 arches with pillars of 40 meters of height that rise from the channel of the Huécar river in what constitutes a work of true craftsmanship.

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The year 1902 was a black year for Cuenca. If on 13 April there had been the collapse of the Cathedral, on July 31 a hurricane was to have flown the new bridge almost finished. The memorable moment was if you remember King Felipe VI portraying Queen Letizia with the bottom of the Casas Colgadas (hanging houses) on their newlywed trip? They were walking on the bridge. It is the image of Cuenca and, in addition, each local conquense has its own memories of when it crossed for the first time. Today, as it was for centuries the former stone bridge, the new Puente de San Pablo remains an icon of the city of Cuenca. An example of iron engineering from a specific time in our history.

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The Cuenca tourist office on the Puente San Pablo : https://www.visitacuenca.es/es/content/descubre-ciudad-y-paisaje-urbano/puente-de-san-pablo

The Castilla La Mancha regional tourist office on the Puente San Pablo : https://en.www.turismocastillalamancha.es/patrimonio/puente-de-san-pablo-29864/descripcion/

There you go folks, the bridge is an integral part of any visit to wonderful and beautiful city of Cuenca, many beautiful views and sights and places to visit around here, plenty already written in my blog on it. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Puente de San Pablo in Cuenca as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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