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Alcántara

Alcántara is a municipality in the , , Spain, on the Tagus, near . The toponym is from the Arabic word al-Qanṭarah meaning "the bridge".
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  • Type: Village with 1,290 residents
  • Description: municipality in the province of Cáceres, Spain
  • Also known as: “10008” and “Alcantara”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alcántara Bridge and Roman temple of Alcántara.

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The is a Roman bridge at Alcántara, in , . Alcántara is from the Arabic word al-Qantarah 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.

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The is located at one side of the , , . Along with the Roman temple of , it is one of the only two Roman temples preserved nearly complete in .

Church
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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 . 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.

Village
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is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, , Spain. According to the 2005 census, the municipality has a population of 320 inhabitants. is situated 6 km east of Alcántara.

Alcántara

Latitude
39.7207° or 39° 43′ 14″ north
Longitude
-6.887° or 6° 53′ 13″ west
Population
1,290
Elevation
269 metres (883 feet)
Open location code
8CFMP4C7+76
Open­Street­Map ID
node 717541074
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6356705
Wiki­data ID
Q389205
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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”
  • South Azerbaijani: “الکانتارا”
  • Spanish: “Alcantara”
  • Spanish: “Alcántara”
  • Spanish: “Alcantareña”
  • Spanish: “Alcantareño”
  • Swedish: “Alcántara”
  • Tatar: “Алькантара”
  • Turkish: “Alcántara”
  • Ukrainian: “Алькантара”
  • Uzbek: “Alcántara”
  • Venetian: “Alcántara”
  • Vietnamese: “Alcántara”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alcántara”
  • Welsh: “Alcántara”

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