The Ponte Taboada (Galician language), Puente Taboada (Spanish language) or Taboada Bridge, is a 10th century Romanesque stone bridge over the river Deza in the Silleda Municipality on the Province of Pontevedra, Spain.
[1] The bridge is part of the Silver Way (Via de la Plata) of the Camino de Santiago[2] The bridge was built in the year 912 and joins the parish of Taboada from the Silleda Municipality, to which the bridge belongs, to the parish of Prado in the Lalin Municipality.
The bridge was built over two large boulders that reduce the width of the river to around 11 meters.
The highest point of the arch stands some 9 meters over the river’s waterline.
[4] A few meters after crossing the bridge an inscription in Latin characters on a deteriorated nearby large boulder reads: “LaVORABERVNT isTA PONTE In ERA DCCCCL eT FVIT PERFECTA pRIDIE KL DS APIES”, which translates to “Worked on this bridge in the era of 950 and was finished the 31 of March.” The era of 950 corresponds to the year 912, its date of construction.