Talavera de la Reina is shocked this Sunday by the Old bridge collapsealso known as the Roman bridge, which has not been able to endure the force of the water that came down from the pit. The city had been seeing how the river was increasing its flow, until in the past morning he exceeded 1,400 square meters per second and took two sections of the bridge ahead, an identity symbol that many neighbors remember with love, and now regret.
The rain storm caused by the passage of Borrasca Martinho has begun to refer in Castilla-La Mancha, although the unwins of the dams have caused An increase in flood of the Tagus.
In this sense, the Local Police of Talavera de la Reina has captured in view of drone the strength of the river as it passes through the town and its bridge destroyed by water.
The images clearly show from the air the two -sections collapse of this construction, declared as a good of cultural interest.
The old or Santa Catalina bridge has historically served as a communication route with La Vega located in the southern margin of Talavera, and the first documented references about its construction date from the year 1227which makes it one of Toledo’s oldest.
Symbol of the city, it is also known as Puente Romano for having its origin in a previous structure of the Roman era, partially exploited as the foundation of the first batteries in the northern margin.
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