LLOSERS BRIDGE
Protection: BCIL 2012 (04/02/2012).
Style/Period: 18th century.
Location: Bolvir.
Coordinates: 42° 25’ 43’’ N – 1° 52’ 57’’ E.
This is a construction considered to be from the 18th century due to its architecture, materials, and current function. Llosers Bridge is located at the lower part of the Llosers Torrent, which takes its name from the various slate stone extraction points along its banks. The bridge allows the Solana irrigation channel to cross the elevation difference of the Llosers Torrent, making it more accurately described as an aqueduct rather than a bridge. The Solana irrigation channel, a medieval infrastructure, facilitates the diversion of water from the Querol River to irrigate the sunny meadows of the municipalities of Guils, Bolvir, and Ger.
The bridge features a single arch with a slightly pointed design and consists of three distinct parts. The first base is made of large, rounded blocks of fairly regular dimensions, dry-bonded and resting directly on the torrent’s bed. This base, by construction hypothesis, could have been part of an older bridge. Above this base is another layer of dry-stone masonry, more regular in craftsmanship, with blocks forming cornerstones. The third part is the bridge itself, built with two types of materials: small local natural stone and solid brick bonded with lime. The brick was used exclusively for the vault. The bridge has a stone parapet, and atop it runs a fiber-cement pipe that carries water. This is why the bridge is also considered to function as an aqueduct.