Alcántara
Alcántara is a municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, on the Tagus, near Portugal. The toponym is from the Arabic word al-Qanṭarah meaning "the bridge".
- Type: Village with 1,270 residents
- Description: municipality in the province of Cáceres, Spain
- Also known as: “10008” and “Alcantara”
- Neighbors: Idanha-a-Nova
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alcántara Bridge and Roman temple of Alcántara.
Alcántara Bridge
The Alcántara Bridge is a Roman bridge at Alcántara, in Extremadura, Spain. Alcántara is from the Arabic word al-Qanṭarah meaning "the arch". The stone arch bridge was built over the Tagus River between 104 and 106 AD by an order of the Roman emperor Trajan in 98.Roman temple of Alcántara
Church of Santa María de Almocóvar, Alcántara
Church
The Church of Santa María de Almocóvar is a 13th-century parochial Catholic church located in the Spanish town of Alcántara, in the province of Cáceres. The church is located in the center of the Spanish plaza, in the old town.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mata de Alcántara.
Mata de Alcántara
Village
Alcántara
- Categories: municipality of Spain, town, and locality
- Location: Caceres, Extremadura, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.7207° or 39° 43′ 14″ north
Longitude
-6.887° or 6° 53′ 13″ west
Population
1,270
Elevation
269 metres (883 feet)
Open location code
8CFMP4C7+76
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Alcántara” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Alcántara”
- Arabic: “القنطرة”
- Arabic: “الكنتارا”
- Arabic: “كنتارا”
- Aragonese: “Alcántara”
- Armenian: “Ալկանտարա”
- Asturian: “Alcántara”
- Basque: “Alcantara”
- Basque: “Alcántara”
- Breton: “Alcántara”
- Catalan: “Alcántara”
- Catalan: “Alcàntara”
- Cebuano: “Alcántara (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Alcántara”
- Chechen: “Алькантара”
- Chinese: “Alcántara”
- Chinese: “阿尔坎塔拉”
- Chinese: “阿爾坎塔拉”
- Czech: “Alcántara”
- Dagbani: “Alcántara”
- Dutch: “Alcántara”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الكنتارا”
- Esperanto: “Alcántara”
- Extremaduran: “Alcántara (puebración)”
- Extremaduran: “Alcántara”
- French: “Alcántara”
- French: “Norba Caesarea”
- Galician: “Alcántara”
- Georgian: “ალკანტარა (კასერესი)”
- Georgian: “ალკანტარა”
- German: “Alcántara”
- German: “Comarca de Alcántara”
- Greek: “Αλκαντάρα”
- Greek: “Αλκάνταρα”
- Hungarian: “Alcántara”
- Interlingua: “Alcántara”
- Irish: “Alcántara”
- Italian: “Alcántara”
- Japanese: “アルカンタラ”
- Korean: “알칸타라”
- Ladin: “Alcántara”
- Latin: “Alcantara”
- Lithuanian: “Alkantara”
- Lombard: “Alcántara”
- Luxembourgish: “Alcántara”
- Malay: “Alcántara”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alcántara”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alcántara”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Alcántara”
- Persian: “الکانتارا”
- Polish: “Alcántara”
- Portuguese: “Alcántara”
- Portuguese: “Alcântara”
- Romanian: “Alcantara”
- Romanian: “Alcántara”
- Russian: “Алькантара”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alcantara”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alcántara”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alkantara”
- Slovenian: “Alcántara”
- South Azerbaijani: “الکانتارا”
- Spanish: “Alcantara”
- Spanish: “Alcántara”
- Spanish: “Alcantareña”
- Spanish: “Alcantareño”
- Swedish: “Alcántara”
- Tatar: “Алькантара”
- Turkish: “Alcántara”
- Ukrainian: “Алькантара”
- Urdu: “الکانتارا”
- Uzbek: “Alcántara”
- Venetian: “Alcántara”
- Vietnamese: “Alcántara”
- Waray (Philippines): “Alcántara”
- Welsh: “Alcántara”
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