- Alcántara
Alcántara is a municipality (pop. 1769) in the province of Cáceres,
Extremadura ,Spain , on theTagus , nearPortugal . It is famed for itsRoman bridge of six symmetrical arches, 194 m/670 feet long and 71 m/210 feet high, built in honour ofTrajan in 103-106. An inscription gives the name of the architect of the viaduct, C. Iulius Lacer. The bridge carried the Roman road fromNorba toConimbriga .The
Order of Alcántara , a religious and military order, was established in 1176 here, for defence against the Moors, and was suppressed in 1835.In 1499,
Peter of Alcantara , teacher ofTheresa of Avila ,saint andFranciscan reformer was born here.ee also
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Alcántara Bridge References
* [http://icarus.umkc.edu/sandbox/perseus/pecs/page.155.a.php Richard Stillwell, ed. "Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites", 1976:] "Alcántara, Cáceres, Spain"
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