Medieval stone bridge over the Sar River built to overcome the last river obstacle of the Silver Route. It has three arches, as the river was much more swollen back then. It is located very close to the collegiate church of the same name.
Also known as the Archbishop’s Bridge in old documents, it’s a double-sloped bridge that crosses the Sarela river. It was built by Ventura Valado with a budget of 8000 reals, following the project of José Santos Calderón and finished in 1760. It’s found in the neighborhood of Carme de Abaixo, at the exit of Santiago towards Fisterra, in Saint James’ Way.
It is mentioned in documents from 1485 and for that reason it could be one of the most important entrances and exits of the city until the end of the nineteenth century. The bridge lost importance when the current roads were built that leave it on the sidelines. It is currently on the itinerary of the Camino de Fisterra.
Single-eyed bridge, made of granite perpendant. The time of construction is unknown, although due to its characteristics it may be contemporary with the tannery of Asén, from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It gives access to the neighborhood of Casas Novas, the Granxa del Xesto and Monte Pío, following the route of the Via Crucis that goes up the slope of Pedroso.
This factory is also known as the Ribeira de Saint Lorenzo factory, dating from the eighteenth century and closed at the end of the 50s of the twentieth century. The construction is at the foot of the Camino de Fisterra and remains in ruins, although a part of it was restored in recent times and used for housing. Its size indicates the importance of the leather industry in Compostela and its ruins preserve washing places, installation of the shell mill and pipes.
It is a stone bridge with three semicircular arches, the central one much larger than the lateral ones that served as spillways. Despite being a bridge in the shape of a mule's hill, characteristic of medieval bridges, the passage had to undergo repairs later. Even so, we embrace the small bridges of Roman origin that we have seen throughout our geography.
Where this bridge is located, there is a heritage site made up of the ruins of the tannery, an old mill, the access bridge to the factory and a fountain with a washing place. The old Bergantiños road, which crossed the Sarela at this point, reaches it from the Carballo road flanked by the good-sized plane trees, configuring, as a whole, a beautiful place.
