Remains of Lugar Nuevo Village
One of the most daring raids of the Peninsula War was the destruction of the French pontoon bridge across the Tagus River by the British in May, 1812. This (last remaniing) building was used as a storehouse for provisions and munitions by the French. Battle of Almaraz 1812 Peninsular War 1808 - 1814 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Almaraz All of the photographs in this set were taken with the help of Pedro Ramiro, a lifetime resident of Romangordo and local historian. Romangordo now has a new museum, about half of which is dedicated to the Allied attack on the Bridge at Almaraz (Albalat as Pedro, rightly, insists)