Mocho Bridge, Ledesma

The Mocho Bridge in Ledesma, a small town in the province of Salamanca, is a historic stone bridge protected under Spanish heritage law as a Bien de Interés Cultural. Reliable documentation of its construction date and history is sparse; the name "mocho" — meaning truncated or lopped in Spanish — may point to structural modifications over the centuries. Ledesma itself is an ancient Roman and medieval settlement on the Tormes river, placing the bridge within a historically layered landscape.