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Roman bridge , Lorca.

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One of the highlights of my first camino was crossing the Roman bridge which spanned the Salado River just before Lorca. I supose that the only way to save the bridge was to restore it but it was a step in the wrong direction as far as I'm concerned. Here is a photo of the restored bridge , has anyone got a old photo to share of the bridge before restoration? I did find one on google images but copyright may be a problem?

 
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Nope, sorry. I looked at my pics and it looks the same. I walked in 2013. Do you know when it was restored?
 
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I think I have pictures from either 200 or 2002, but I am not sure how to get them on the computer, since they are from a pre-digital world. Does anyone know how I can do it? Thanks, Laurie
 
Laurie, if you can find some-one with a scanner they can copy the photo into their computer and save it as a jpg etc, then you can load it here OK. We have scanned old photos and also slides in the past and it works well.
 
Off topic: I had a lovely lunch on one of the abutments of this bridge on a cold but sunny day five of our Camino on April 24th 2012. Fresh bread, cheese, chorizo, water, and chocolate for dessert.

 
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Tia Valeria said:
Laurie, if you can find some-one with a scanner they can copy the photo into their computer and save it as a jpg etc, then you can load it here OK. We have scanned old photos and also slides in the past and it works well.
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Thanks, Tia, sorry to be really dense, but do you mean the same scanner that is used to scan documents, or does it have to be a scanner specifically for pictures? Laurie
 
I sent a note to a friend, fellow Pelerin, from France, Daniél Segura, who did the photography for a book "Les Ponts Du Chemin de Saint-Jacques." The photo in the book was of the restored bridge but he just sent me a photo of the bridge before restoration. I hope it comes out ok below. Dayton
 

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Wow! Big difference in appearance. Will the restored bridge look as good in a thousand years though given modern pollutants in the air, traffic volume, etc.?
 
Hi everyone
A notice. Not to be confuse Romano (Romano Empire) with Románico (Romano Style) XI,XII and XIII Centuries.
Puente Romano and Calzada Romana there are close by Ciraqui, between Puente la Reina and Estella.
There are close the Bridge of Lorca, (Bridge MEDIEVAL)
Best regars
Buen Camino.
 
Mikel Olivares said:
Not to be confuse Romano (Romano Empire) with Románico (Romano Style) XI,XII and XIII Centuries.
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Just to provide the proper translations into English:

Romano=Roman
Románico=Romanesque

P.S.: The bridge before Lorca isn't Roman but Medieval (as Mikel Olivares said).
 
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Castilian. Thx for the explanation
 
Has anyone else noticed that when all these old Roman/Medieval bridges were built, it seems that there was a whole lot more water around? I can't help but be concerned.
 
Here's one I took in 2001. No copyright issues here. I wish they had left it alone---it showed the magic of the arches so well

 
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wayfarer said:
Off topic: I had a lovely lunch on one of the abutments of this bridge on a cold but sunny day five of our Camino on April 24th 2012. Fresh bread, cheese, chorizo, water, and chocolate for dessert.
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In October 2014 I joined some other pilgrims there for lunch too - same menu! We could have stayed all day.
 
newfydog said:
Here's one I took in 2001.
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Wow!! Yes , this is how I remember it and all the camino 'advertising' at the time featured a pilgrim crossing this bridge as in your pic. I think that this view has almost been forgotten ; most pilgrims will think that the present bridge has always looked as it does today?
Thanx newfydog.
 
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When I show my pictures, I always talk about how this bridge endured, and to this day, the farmers drive their tractors over those perfectly placed stones. I sent the photo to the Forest Service when they were spending a lot on money replacing a 50 year old bridge.
 
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With all the architectural jewels falling down and badly in need of repair, it seems that the money could have easily been spent much more profitably somewhere else. Love your picture, newfydog.
 
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