THE BRIDGE OF THE RIVER OF O BURGO

The city of A Coruña was the Brigantium of the Romans, an important strategic enclave on the maritime route between northern Europe, something of a connection port, and as a result its lighthouse was constructed. Equally, without being an administrative capital, it was a place where services were available and an important commercial centre from which a large surrounding area was supplied. For this reason too, the strategic location of this bridge at the bottom of the river through which would pass road XX, from Caldas de Reis (on the Portuguese road), one would go to Lucus Augusti (Lugo), passing through Brandomil, Carballo and through O Burgo, from where one could travel towards the interior of Galicia.

The bridge of O Burgo has Roman origins, but with numerous reforms in the middle ages due to its state, owing as much to natural causes as to human action. Thus it was destroyed by English troops commanded by Sir John Moore, when in 1809 they journeyed towards the port of A Coruña pursued by the French army. All of these later actions have erased the possible roman footprint