Puente de Miluze

In the Spanish region of Navarre, the city of Pamplona is home to the Miluce Bridge. This bridge is found in the San Jorge neighbourhood and spans the River Arga. It is the farthest from the city centre and the westernmost bridge.

It is a bridge made of mediaeval masonry and ashlar that might have Roman roots. Documentation of it dates back to the first decade of the thirteenth century. There is evidence that the bridge's slope was mitigated during a 19th-century restoration. At the period of the French occupation at the start of the 19th century, it might have been purposefully demolished. There was a cannery nearby the bridge in 1875, not far from the railroad.

The three semicircular arches, the soffit, and the railing, all made of stone, are the bridge's oldest components. Without encroaching on the road, two cutwaters were positioned on each of the two main pillars. For pedestrian usage, it was designated a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1939.

However, the name of the bridge is what I find most intriguing about it. Several theories have developed in response to its etymology. The most common one links the name Miluce to a tragic incident that occurred there: in April 1351, some knights were hanged there for defying King Charles II; in one version, they did so by refusing to pay taxes on the bridge itself, while in another, they grumbled about how the monarch's delegates were treated. Unhappy, the king gave the order for their immediate execution. Their long hanging tongues (mihi luze in Basque) gave the viaduct its name. They were hanged from the bridge. The toponym, however, has a longer history and most likely derives from hinojal (in Basque milu). Another, less credible theory connects it to amil luze (long precipice). The Angel of Aralar also farewells the residents of Pamplona from this bridge.

Article obtained from Wikipedia article Wikipedia in his version of 27/11/2022, by various authors under the license Licencia de Documentación Libre GNU.

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