Puente de los Franceses, Railway bridge in Moncloa-Aravaca district, Madrid, Spain.
The Puente de los Franceses spans the Manzanares River with five semi-circular brick arches covered in granite stone blocks over the waterway.
French engineers designed and constructed this railway viaduct between 1860 and 1862 for the Northern Spain Railway Company's Madrid-Irun line.
The bridge became a strategic defense point during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, inspiring a popular Republican song about militias guarding it.
This functional railway structure continues to serve commuter and medium-distance trains connecting to the nearby Principe Pio station in Madrid.
Three of the bridge's four pillars rise directly from the river bed, demonstrating nineteenth-century engineering methods for spanning water bodies.
Location: Madrid
Inception: 1862
Made from material: brick
GPS coordinates: 40.43367,-3.73594
Latest update: May 14, 2025 15:27
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