Geira Romana
A collection of milestones, some dating from Titus Domitian, Nerva, Trajan, or Hadrian. Here, one can read miles XXXIII, XXXIIII, XXXV, or XXXVI, counted from Bracara Augusta. This road, possibly built in the last third of the 1st century AD, connected Bracara Augusta (Braga) to Asturica Augusta (present-day Astorga, Spain) and covers a distance of approximately 215 miles (about 318 kilometers).
Contacts
EN308-1
4840,Gerês
- Easy external parking
- Archeological sites
- True
Characteristics
Monuments near Geira Romana
Ponte de Pergoim
Century bridge trestle Board on two arches of volta redonda. Very nice specimen of rustic flavour.
Moinhos de Água de Gondoriz
This is the earliest known structure of harnessing kinetic energy the waters of rivers and streams.
