Vieux pont sur la Baïse (Nérac)

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The Old Bridge of Nerac is located in the commune of Nerac in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Location: The Old Bridge is a bridge in French arch and one of the 2 bridges allowing the crossing of the Bay in Nerac.

History: This current work dates back to the 16th century, but there was already a bridge in the Middle Ages. He is a witness to the old greatness of the capital of Albret. It was probably built in the time of Henry I of Albret. At the time of construction, there was a door at each end of the bridge. The left bank was destroyed before the 19th century. The right bank still existed in 1836. She served as a powder shop. It must have been demolished in the mid-19th century. It is probably not enough to allow the passage of the waters during the floods of the Bays, which is the origin of the numerous occasions due to major disturbances. It underwent numerous restorations in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries:

a great breech made the passage perilous in 1680, it threatens to ruin in 1699, the batteries and vaults must be taken over in 1705, new disorders in 1768, new...