Stone Bridge, Medieval bridge in Pontedeume, Spain

Stone Bridge is a medieval river crossing in the Eume valley, featuring multiple low semicircular arches and a wide stone roadway that connects the two banks. The structure has shaped the landscape of this region for centuries through its robust stone construction.

A first written mention from 1162 refers to a wooden bridge over the Eume. At the end of the 14th century Fernán Pérez de Andrade, O Boo, ordered a stone bridge with 78 arches, the Torre da Ponte between arches 8 and 9 and the Torre do Risco between arches 40 and 41. Floods forced repeated repairs; the pilgrim hospital vanished between 1791 and 1820, the towers and the Andrade bear and boar in 1843. The bridge was demolished and rebuilt between 1863 and 1873, growing from 11 to the present 15 arches.

The bridge takes its popular name, Ponte de Pedra (Stone Bridge), from the masonry structure ordered at the end of the 14th century by Fernán Pérez de Andrade, lord of these lands. His heraldic bear and boar once stood on pedestals between the 2nd and 3rd arches; today the two figures are kept in the cloister of the former convent of San Agustín in Pontedeume, now the town's cultural centre.

The current bridge, rebuilt between 1863 and 1873, carries the road between Cabanas and Pontedeume and has 15 arches. Walkers share the roadway with local traffic, so keep to the side. Until the AP-9 Guísamo–Ferrol opened in 2003 it was the main coastal route to As Pontes and Ferrol.

The medieval bridge ordered by Fernán Pérez de Andrade at the end of the 14th century had 78 arches and two towers, the Torre del Puente between arches 8 and 9 and the Torre del Risco between arches 40 and 41. His symbols, a bear and a boar on pedestals, stood between arches 2 and 3; they are now in the cloister of the San Agustín convent, today Puentedeume's cultural centre.