EL PUENTE DE SAN ALEJANDRO DE EL PUERTO DE SANTA MARÍA EN 1779. NUEVAS APORTACIONES PARA SU HISTORIA

José Manuel  Baena-Gallé

doi:10.12795/LA.2012.i24.23

THE BRIDGE OF “SAN ALEJANDRO” AT “EL PUERTO DE SANTA MARÍA” IN 1779. NEW CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ITS HISTORY

Authors

José Manuel Baena-Gallé

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12795/LA.2012.i24.23

Keywords:

El Puerto de Santa María, Guadalete river, San Alejandro bridge, boat bridge, drawbridge, Alejandro O'Reilly, Antonio Hurtado, Juan de Laganá, José Molina, Cosme Francisco Carranza y Vivero

Abstract

One of the most important urbanistic works in the province of Cadiz has been the building of a new bridge in “El Puerto de Santa María”, to improve the communications in the area. Among different projects, this article refers to a previous boat bridge and a drawbridge called “Puente de San Alejandro” built in 1779. New documents and drawings are presented to widen the understanding of the history of its structure.