Darwing of the Bridge over the River Arga in Puente de la Reina, Navarra (Spain)

In the highest part of the bridge, there was a cover turret guarding an image of the Virgin. A legend says there was a txori (bird in Basque) that came there from time to time and removed with its wings the cobwebs, and, dipping his beak in the water, cleaned the image, motivating exalted religious fervor in the locals...

Legend of Puente de la Reina

Romanesque Bridge crossing the Arga River in Puente de la Reina, Navarra (Spain)

“I am a part of all that I have found in my way.”

Alfred Tennyson

Pilgrims Bridge crossing the Arga River in Puente de la Reina, Navarra (Spain)

Caminante, son tus huellas

el camino, y nada más;

caminante, no hay camino,

se hace camino al andar.

Al andar se hace camino,

y al volver la vista atrás

se ve la senda que nunca

se ha de volver a pisar.

Antonio Machado