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The Sorreig stream is icy, almost without water due to the drought, but frozen, as it passes through the so-called Devil’s Bridge, in Gurb, in the Osona region, as we can see in this series of images in Readers’ Photos from La Vanguardia.
The frost is noticeable around the Pont de Torruella, known as “the Devil’s Bridge”, in the Sorreig stream. According to a fairly common legend, the demon made the bridge in one night in exchange for the soul of a muleteer, although it is not the only story that has survived to this day.
In fact, the Pont de Torruella is also known as the Witches’ Bridge (Pont de les Bruixes). It is said that the demon forgot to put the last stone in it.
It is a bridge from the 14th century, but it could be older, from the Romanesque period. Located on the old royal road that went from Barcelona to Vic, some say it dates back to Roman times.
It consists of three unequal arches, all made of stone and with railings. It is approximately 36 to 38 meters long and the width is about 3.20 meters.
Frost is a meteorological phenomenon that consists of a drop in ambient temperature to levels below the freezing point of water and causes the water or vapor in the air to freeze, depositing it in the form of ice on surfaces, such as It can be seen in the snapshots.
