In 1944 it was the site of a train disaster in which it is believed between 200 and 800 people died when three trains collided in a tunnel.
The main historical landmark of the village is a Roman bridge over Tremor river built in the first century. It was part of the Via Nova or Via XVII, one of the main routes connecting the actual cities of Braga (Portugal) and Astorga (Spain)
torre, bierzo, asturian, torre, santa, marina, village, municipality, region, bierzo, province, león, castile, león, spain, according, 2004, census, municipality, population, inhabitants, municipalitysealcountryspainautonomous, communitycastile, leónprovincele. Torre del Bierzo Asturian Torre de Santa Marina is a village and municipality in the region of El Bierzo province of Leon Castile and Leon Spain According to the 2004 census INE the municipality has a population of 2 736 inhabitants Torre del Bierzo Torre del BierzomunicipalitySealCountrySpainAutonomous communityCastile and LeonProvinceLeonMunicipalityTorre del BierzoArea Total119 km2 46 sq mi Population 2018 1 Total2 162 Density18 km2 47 sq mi Time zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST ClimateCsb In 1944 it was the site of a train disaster in which it is believed between 200 and 800 people died when three trains collided in a tunnel The main historical landmark of the village is a Roman bridge over Tremor river built in the first century It was part of the Via Nova or Via XVII one of the main routes connecting the actual cities of Braga Portugal and Astorga Spain References edit Municipal Register of Spain 2018 National Statistics Institute 42 35 41 N 6 19 33 W 42 59472 N 6 32583 W 42 59472 6 32583 nbsp This article about a location in the province of Leon Spain is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Torre del Bierzo amp oldid 1090820188, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
