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Ponte de São Gonçalo
Time and history have made the Ponte de São Gonçalo one of the most illustrious symbols of Amarantine identity and a reason for glory for the municipality.
Bairro Tâmega, 4600-758 Curalha
Amarante
Description
The name of the bridge is associated with the builder of that passage - São Gonçalo de Amarante. He raised it with the help of the people and, more interestingly, through various miracles. That saint moved the biggest stones and summoned the fish to feed the workers - so it is believed.
In 1763, the weight of the rain caused the bridge to collapse. Luckily or miraculously, the gothic image of Nossa Senhora da Piedade (which was on a two-way cruise in the passage) remained intact. Today, it is preserved in a corner of the church and facing the new bridge - meanwhile rebuilt.
The bridge marked a new encounter with history and became the stage for the heroic struggle and national resistance against Napoleonic troops, during the French invasions. A tombstone, placed in one of the pyramids of the passage, recalls the event, which earned the municipality the necklace of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword.
50 meters long, the bridge supports a deck with four semi-circular balconies and, at each end, two Baroque obelisks with epigraphic inscriptions. These evoke the episode of the struggles against the Napoleonic and the honor that the Portuguese victory brought to Amarante.
Source: https://amarantetourism.com/
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