Puente la Reina (

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meaning "the Queen's bridge"; ) is a town and

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located in the

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, in northern

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. Puente la Reina lies between

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and Estella on the Way of St. James pilgrimage route to

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. It is the first town after the junction of the

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(), the most popular route, and

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Romanesque bridge

Queen Muniadona, wife of King Sancho III was the queen who the names of the bridge and the town refers to. This 11th Century bridge is also known as the ''Puente Románico''. She had the six-arched Romanesque bridge () built over the Arga for the use of pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela along the

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Demography

References

External links

Navarra.com/camino/puente.htmPuente La Reina / Gares in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa – Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)

Walking the Camino de Santiago, A Guide
The site has great photos of the bridge at six in the morning as the sun rises. Municipalities in Navarre {{navarre-geo-stub