Queen Muniadona, wife of King Sancho III was the queen who gave her name to the town and the bridge, also known as the Puente Románico.[2] She built the six-arched Romanesque bridge (42°40′16″N 1°49′07″W﻿ / ﻿42.671117°N 1.818736°W﻿ / 42.671117; -1.818736) over the Arga for the use of pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela along the Camino de Santiago.[3]