27 September 2006

Puente de Cuartos (Cuartos Bridge) over the Cuartos Gorge in Losar de la Vera, Cáceres (Spain)


...around the day of San Juan a woman of great beauty often emerges from the waters of the Gorge. The woman proposes to the man who finds her the release her spell. To release it , you have to love her. On the other hand, it gives you to choose between her love or three daggers of gold and precious stones of great value. Men greed is bigger than love and they usually choose the three daggers. The woman gives them and  dives back into the water. But greed leads them to ruin, because the next morning, they appear with the three daggers stuck in their back.

Legend from la Vera region