Puente Nuevo (New Bridge)
Ronda, Spain
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What is the new bridge at Ronda?
The Puente Nuevo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpwente ˈnweβo], "New Bridge") is the newest and largest of three bridges that span the 120-metre-deep (390 ft) chasm that carries the Guadalevín River and divides the city of Ronda, in southern Spain.
What time does Puente Nuevo open in Ronda?
Opening Hours: Mon to Friday 10.00-18.00 (19.00 Spring and Summer), Saturday 10.00-13.45 and 15.00-18.00, Sunday 10.00-15.00. Tel: 620 340 148.
Were people thrown off the bridge in Ronda?
Ronda was the site of much fighting during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), and a famous scene in Ernest Hemingway's novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is said to have been inspired by an actual event in which Fascist sympathisers were thrown from the cliff into the gorge by Republican partisans.
What did Hemingway say about Ronda?
“There is one town that would be better than Aranjuez to see your first bullfight in if you are only going to see one and that is Ronda,” Hemingway wrote in Death in the Afternoon. “That is where you should go if you ever go to Spain on a honeymoon or if you ever bolt with anyone.