Melgaço is a municipality in the district of Viana do Castelo in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,213, in an area of 238.25 km2. It is the northernmost municipality in Portugal.
The view of the town of Melgaço within the valleys of the Minho River
The Bridge of Cava da Velha is a Roman bridge, situated in the civil parish of Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro, in the municipality of Melgaço in northern Portuguese district of Viana do Castelo.
A view of the Roman bridge from the River Laboeiro
A view of the bridge from the north shore