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Location: Cercs, Bergueda, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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1. Via Verda del Llobregat, Cal Rosal, Sant Quirze de Pedret – Circular Route

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2. Vilarrassa I Tunnel – Vilarrassa II Tunnel loop from Cal Rosal

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3. Pedret Gothic Bridge – Vilarrassa I Tunnel loop from Berga

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Peaknik

February 16, 2023

Dating back to 1286, this bridge helped improve communications between Berga and the monastery of Sant Pere de la Portella. At first the bridge was made of wood, but a short time later it was rebuilt in stone and in the Gothic style. The central ogive as seen now was added in the 15th century.

This bridge is a magnificent example of medieval "cornered" or "donkey's back" bridges, with its central part raised, thus allowing a wider central arch that allows greater water flow. Three smaller ones are added to the sides, two to the right and one to the left, semicircular, somewhat irregular and lowered.

The bridge has undergone repairs and reconstructions over time due to floods, and in the 17th and 18th centuries the road was paved with boulders and a stone railing was added.

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LaraFY

October 24, 2022

The Pedret Bridge is a bridge of about 80 m in length, of medieval origin, over the Llobregat river. It served to unite the town of Berga with the church of Sant Quirze de Pedret and is documented in the year 1286.

It is in the Gothic style and consists of four arches, although initially it had five, of unequal sizes: the central arch is pointed and much higher than the others, the rest are smaller, two semicircular, lowered, and a third pointed arch.

Near the bridge, and dug into the rock, there is a series of rounded holes that correspond to the sockets of the wooden beams that supported an old Romanesque bridge. It is advisable to go up the old path nearby that leads to the church of Sant Quirze de Pedret, and visit it. It is one of the best preserved examples of pre-Romanesque religious architecture in Catalonia, built in the Carolingian period (9th-10th centuries).

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Location: Cercs, Bergueda, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Pedret Gothic Bridge

1. Via Verda del Llobregat, Cal Rosal, Sant Quirze de Pedret – Circular Route

2. Vilarrassa I Tunnel – Vilarrassa II Tunnel loop from Cal Rosal

3. Pedret Gothic Bridge – Vilarrassa I Tunnel loop from Berga

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