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Ponte das Taipas

Coordinates: 41°28′55″N 8°20′42″W / 41.481947°N 8.344997°W / 41.481947; -8.344997
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Ponte das Taipas
Coordinates41°28′55″N 8°20′42″W / 41.481947°N 8.344997°W / 41.481947; -8.344997
CrossesAve River
LocaleCaldas das Taipas, Guimarães, Portugal
Characteristics
DesignDeck slab bridge
Location
Map

The Ponte das Taipas is a deck slab bridge across the Ave River in Caldas das Taipas, Portugal. Contrary to some sources which classify the structure as a Roman bridge,[1] it was built in the modern age.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Antikefan: Römische Brücke bei Taipas (in German)
  2. ^ Instituto da Habitação e da Reabilitação Urbana: Designação: Ponte das Taipas (in Portuguese)
  3. ^ Ministério da Cultura: Ponte do Rio Ave, nas Taipas (in Portuguese)
  4. ^ Additionally, neither O’Connor, Colin: Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-521-39326-4, nor Galliazzo, Vittorio: I ponti romani. Catalogo generale, Vol. 2, Edizioni Canova, Treviso 1994, ISBN 88-85066-66-6 list a Roman bridge at Caldas das Taipas or its vicinity.
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