The Bridges of Cerkovica and Leshnica

The Bridge of Cerkovica is the largest in the region of Theologos. It is assumed to have been built in the 18th century and served as a passage to the monastery of St. John but also to the mountainous villages of Upper Leshnicë and Lower Leshnica. The bridge is 37 meters long; the passage is paved with cobblestone and it is sixty-two meters wide. It is based on two arches of different heights in a distance of 13 and 6.5 meters above the water level. The bigger arch has a radius of four meters while the second is three and a half meters. The Bridge of Lower Leshnicë was built in the 19th century - over the village stream. The only light arch is 6 meters. Its length is eleven meters, its height is four meters and a half and its width two meters. Near the monastery of St. George in Upper Leshnicë, there is another stone bridge, but smaller than the first two. Its building date is the 17th century. The quite old stone bridges remain functional even nowadays as the master masons of earlier epoches built them according to the natural and the geographical terrain and by applying carefully their distinctive building style.