Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Roman temple

The "Puente de Alcántara" is considered the most important surviving Roman bridge structure. The bridge stretches 194 meters in length with six arches of different widths. Its 8-meter-wide roadway is approximately 50 meters above the Tajo River, and the total height of the structure is 71 meters. Towards the middle of the bridge, there is a 14-meter-high honorary arch dedicated to Emperor Trajan. The road bridge, which is still in use today, was built in about five years during the time of Emperor Trajan. It was probably completed in 105 or 106 AD. The small temple next to the bridge is one of only two fully preserved Roman temples on the Iberian Peninsula. It contains the tomb of the bridge's builder, Caius Iulius Lacer, probably a Roman military engineer. The Romans already recognized Lacer's genius. Inside there is a stone tablet with the inscription: "Pontem perpetui mansurum in saecula mundi fecit divina nobilis arte Lacer" The bridge to stay forever in the centuries of the eternal course of the world, the praiseworthy Lacer created with divine art...

On the place, where the St. Martin Basilica is now, was a Roman temple (Mercury) upto 406. The foundation of this temple were used, when the first Christian churches were erected here. In 891, when the Normans burnt down Bingen, the church got ruined as well. When a new church was completed more than a century later Archbishop Williges (975-1011), who had the nearby Drusus-bridge constructed, established a college of canons here, so the church was a collegiate church from then on. In 1403 this Romanesque church got destroyed by fire. The new collegiate church was done in Gothic style. The St. Martin Basilica of today joins actually two churches: the former collegiate church and the former parish church, from the early 16th century, dedicated to Saint Barbara. Below the choir of the Gothic basilica is the Romanesque crypt of the predecessor (11th century). A gravestone was found here, proving that a Christian parish existed already within the 6th century.

On the place, where the St. Martin Basilica is now, was a Roman temple (Mercury) upto 406. The foundation of this temple were used, when the first Christian churches were erected here. In 891, when the Normans burnt down Bingen, the church got ruined as well. When a new church was completed more than a century later Archbishop Williges (975-1011), who had the nearby Drusus-bridge constructed, established a college of canons here, so the church was a collegiate church from then on. In 1403 this Romanesque church got destroyed by fire. The new collegiate church was done in Gothic style. The St. Martin Basilica of today joins actually two churches: the former collegiate church and the former parish church, from the early 16th century, dedicated to Saint Barbara. Below the choir of the Gothic basilica is the Romanesque crypt of the predecessor (11th century). A gravestone was found here, proving that a Christian parish existed already within the 6th century.

On the place, where the St. Martin Basilica is now, was a Roman temple (Mercury) upto 406. The foundation of this temple were used, when the first Christian churches were erected here. In 891, when the Normans burnt down Bingen, the church got ruined as well. When a new church was completed more than a century later Archbishop Williges (975-1011), who had the nearby Drusus-bridge constructed, established a college of canons here, so the church was a collegiate church from then on. In 1403 this Romanesque church got destroyed by fire. The new collegiate church was done in Gothic style. The St. Martin Basilica seen today joins actually two churches: the former collegiate church and the former parish church, from the early 16th century, dedicated to Saint Barbara. Below the choir of the basilica still is the Romanesque crypt of the predecessor (11th century).