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Philippine Landscape and Bridge on the River Zêzere zone Dam Cabril (Pedrogão Grande and Serta) (*)

January 26, 2012 by Castile
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"Landscape

Philippine Bridge

Since always the valleys though somewhat repulsive human occupation, the abrupt slope of the land, fascinated the people.
For example this site cried hossanas Cidadelhe the landscape of the Coa Valley ( read here ).
Also worth Zêzere in the area of ​​the dam Cabril is beautiful, but unfortunately denatured by the construction of this infrastructure. The section we refer to is obviously below the dam.
The Valley Bridge area embedded in Philippines
All this beauty is due to river incision epigénica Zêzere River in Granite Pedrogão installed in the region about 524 to 580 million years, so that here a real cannon.
Three major structures capture our attention: the Cabril dam (built between 1951 and 1954), which is one of the largest and most dams Portuguese (136 meters), also speak of heights because here is the second tallest bridge in Portugal that allows crossing the road IC8 to 170 meters (as far as curiosity highest bridge in Portugal is the bridge April 25 (*) in Lisbon with 190 meters).
But as travelers do not want to bore with such high altitudes, fiquemo us then by Philippine Bridge, just below the bridge overpass.
To get there the best way is what part of Pedrogão Small (inappropriately placed as a location belonging to Network of Schist Villages ) and descends by a Roman road. We know that people have to call any schism of the Roman pavement coeval and so does the bridges, but here is some reason.

ponte filipina pedrogão 300x200 Paisagem e Ponte Filipina no rio Zêzere na zona da Barragem do Cabril (Pedrogão Grande e Sertã) (*) The bridge between Pedrógão Filipina Grande and Pequeno Pedrógão
In the seventeenth century, between 1607 and 1610, for the ruin of the old bridge, it was necessary to build the bridge Filipina. The traffic on foot to the mule from the Romans and over many centuries that concluded between the Beira Baixa Beira Litoral and had to be made mandatory here because it was the only one that allowed the passage of summer and winter. In summer times the passage of Zêzere was possible elsewhere. Besides this passage in the river Zêzere, would be the only place with a bridge of stone, from the Fundão to its mouth.
The previous bridge (Roman and / or medieval) to which there was spotted there a few years ago when he was discharged from the reservoir dam Bouçã (currently is at 7 m below the water surface).
Seniority is evident throughout this region because there was, on both sides of the Zêzere in front of each other, two villages in the Late Bronze - Our Lady of Trust and Our Lady of Miracles. The first occupation was also likely in the Iron Age I and the second was occupied continuously until the Roman era. The first must have had a small Roman temple on its top - you can unsubscribe here Nábia discovering the Goddess) and the appearance of a column base and trunk in a small village near Pedrogão) ( read here ).
Serving the bridge, lies a tiny cobbled stone of granite, probably built at the time the bridge was Filipino and that the service road until 1954, when the dam was built Cabril and so it came to process all transit. Currently, it is the IC 8 and with the bridge already mentioned. Among the costly road Filipino, perched on the hillside so hard even today to note that some may be paved Roman.

ponte filipina 2 300x225 Paisagem e Ponte Filipina no rio Zêzere na zona da Barragem do Cabril (Pedrogão Grande e Sertã) (*) Our scenic bridge Filipina then consists of three arches with 72 feet long. Originally was about 30 yards from the riverbed. The central arch will more, is 22 meters opening. The bridge is built of granite masonry, especially in his work the talhamares. Was classified as a Public Interest in 1982.
Part of a pedestrian bridge, probably pretty much up to the Nuns of the mill, where the river Zêzere its flank. For lack of time did not visit the mill of the nuns, which has a tunnel that has been built simultaneously with the dam Cabril, for the passage of machinery and trucks. The Nuns of the Mill (mill that no longer exists) is equipped with tables, chairs and barbecue community and should be all fixolas for a picnic and not rabujemos, is not despiciente nutrirmo us in the High Lady of Trust appropriate place ... evocarmos Nabia to the goddess of rivers and water Galaica and Lusitanian mythology: the Minho river in Neiva, the river that passes through Nabão Take, near here, were named in his honor. There is also reference in Nabia Idol Fountain Braga (*)
Nabia Goddess, protect sections of the Mondego river Tua and their usurious and destructive dams dictated by bad people. "Aegroto an anima est, spes est". Thank you!
For those who can read here some pretentious spiritual vanity, we are not so and how raiamos unpretentiousness is a translation of this Latinity. "As a sick person is conscious (or while responding), there is still hope."
1 - Photo credits of second photograph is of the blog Portugal Nature

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