{"id":78969,"date":"2026-05-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/?p=78969"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:18:16","slug":"the-lubian-bridge-a-reminder-of-ancient-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/blog-en\/the-lubian-bridge-a-reminder-of-ancient-roads","title":{"rendered":"THE LUBI\u00c1N BRIDGE, A REMINDER OF ANCIENT ROADS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The territory of A Costa da Morte, due to its peripheral location, was not crossed in ancient times by any major routes of communication. The only one of note\u2014if we take into account the views of some historians\u2014would be the Roman road XX, also known as Per loca maritima<\/em>, which, after crossing the bridge of Brandomil<\/a> and entering the region of O Xallas, would reach Berganti\u00f1os heading towards Carballo, and then continue on to Brigantium<\/em> (A Coru\u00f1a).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ancient communication arteries of A Costa da Morte led mainly towards Santiago and A Coru\u00f1a. The roads to these two cities crossed the rivers Xallas, Porto and Anll\u00f3ns by means of several bridges. Over the Xallas, the two most important were the Olveira bridge and the Brandomil bridge. Over the river O Porto, the most significant was the bridge at A Ponte do Porto. On the Anll\u00f3ns, the two most substantial were the Ponteceso bridge and the Lubi\u00e1n bridge<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some argue that where this latter bridge stands, there was an earlier one, across which that hypothetical road XX would have passed. Part of the local population still refers to it as \u201cthe Roman bridge\u201d. Carr\u00e9 Aldao, when describing the parish of Oca (Coristanco), tells us that there are two bridges over the Lubi\u00e1n river: Old and New. Of the former he states: \u201cThe Old bridge has a humped back and was built by the Romans on the road that passed through these places.\u201d However, the old bridge we see today dates from the 18th century, as the learned Coru\u00f1an Jos\u00e9 Cornide confirms: \u201cit was built only a few years ago and is very well preserved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the map by Tom\u00e1s L\u00f3pez (1784) this bridge appears under the name \u201cLubi\u00e1n bridge<\/a>\u201d, and together with the Ponteceso bridge, they are the only ones he mentions over the Anll\u00f3ns. Of course, the Lubi\u00e1n bridge is also named on Domingo Font\u00e1n\u2019s map (1845), but in that case several others are included as well, such as Anll\u00f3ns, Cardezo, Pontedona, Verdes and Garga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lubi\u00e1n bridge<\/a> stands on the boundary between the municipalities of Coristanco and Carballo, very close to the AC-552 road, and is regarded as the finest surviving construction of its kind in Berganti\u00f1os. It is therefore one of the most outstanding historical monuments in the region. In 1984, one of its smaller arches collapsed as a result of a major flood, but the damage was repaired and it is currently in good condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The arches that make it up are asymmetrical: two large-diameter arches on the north side, through which the river\u2019s flow runs, and two smaller ones on the opposite side. Its structure is reinforced by a cutwater between the two larger arches. It has a narrow carriageway (2.60 m), with a hump that reaches its highest point at the pier supporting the two widest arches. The old royal road that ran from the city of A Coru\u00f1a towards the regions of Berganti\u00f1os, Soneira and Fisterra crossed here, and it fell out of use when the AC-552 road was built in the mid-19th century and a new bridge was erected to the north of the previous one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Explore Coristanco through \u201cTHE LUBI\u00c1N BRIDGE, A REMINDER OF ANCIENT ROADS\u201d. A short read with substance: it puts you on the map and in its time. Tip: look out for caminos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":76815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"THE LUBI\u00c1N BRIDGE, A REMINDER OF ANCIENT ROADS - Costa da Morte","description":"Explore Coristanco through \u201cTHE LUBI\u00c1N BRIDGE, A REMINDER OF ANCIENT ROADS\u201d. A short read with substance: it puts you on the map and in its time. Tip: look out"},"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[650],"tags":[1348,1319],"class_list":["post-78969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","tag-coristanco","tag-naturally-unique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78969"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81371,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78969\/revisions\/81371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}