Puente de Pontesampaio
Puente de Pontesampaio
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Vigo
Pontevedra
Spain
This remarkable ten-arch bridge that connects the municipalities of Pontevedra and Soutomaior was where the last battle against Napoleon’s army in Galicia was fought. It happened during the Independence War, on the 7th and 8th of June 1809, and it was then when the VI Corps of the Grande Armée under the command of Marshal Michel Ney, Duke of Elchingen, were permanently defeated, thus ending the French occupation in Galicia. The bridge, of medieval origin, gives its name to the Pontevedra parish of Ponte Sampaio, located in the Verdugo River estuary, in the Ría de Vigo. The battle fought here was preceded by the uprising in Vigo and the expulsion of the invading French troops led by General Chalot.
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Architectural style
Medieval
Landscape interest of the surroundings
Elevated
Description of the environment
Urban
Property
Public
State of conservation
Good