Bridge · Ronda
La Puente Nueva
Today: Puente Viejo, Ronda
- Place
- Ronda
- Kind
- Bridge
- Built
- 1616
- What remains
- Standing
- Visiting
- Open to visit
A single-arch bridge over the Tajo gorge, 10 metres across and 31 metres above the river, which linked the city with the emerging quarter of the Mercadillo; until the Puente Nuevo was built it was called La Puente Nueva. Its origin is disputed (a rebuilt Roman bridge, or Berber), and in 1616 a flood destroyed it and it was rebuilt. Today it is pedestrian only, and a restoration changed the 17th-century parapets and opened four balconies over the river.