Ponte Pietra (Verona)
Ponte Pietra (Pons Marmoreus) | |
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Coordinates | 45°26′52″N 11°00′00″E / 45.4477°N 10.9999°ECoordinates: 45°26′52″N 11°00′00″E / 45.4477°N 10.9999°E |
Crosses | Adige River |
Locale | Verona, Italy |
Characteristics | |
Design | Arch bridge |
Material | Travertine, brick |
Total length | 120 m |
No. of spans | 5 |
History | |
Construction end | 100 BC 1957 |
Closed | April 1945 (4 of 5 spans destroyed) |
Location | |
The Ponte Pietra (Italian for "Stone Bridge"), is a Roman arch bridge crossing the Adige River in Verona, Italy. The bridge was completed in 100 BC, and the Via Postumia from Genoa to Aquileia passed over it. It is the oldest bridge in Verona.[1]
It originally flanked another Roman bridge, the Pons Postumius; both structures provided the city (on the right bank) with access to the Roman theatre on the east bank. The arch nearest to the right bank of the Adige was rebuilt in 1298 by Alberto I della Scala. Four arches of the bridge were blown up by retreating German troops in World War II, but rebuilt in 1957 with original materials.
See also[]
- List of Roman bridges
- Roman architecture
- Roman engineering
Notes and references[]
- ^ Editors of Time Out (2013). Time Out Venice: Verona, Treviso, and the Veneto. Time Out Guides. p. 266.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- Galliazzo, Vittorio (1994), I ponti romani. Catalogo generale, Vol. 2, Treviso: Edizioni Canova, pp. 223–226 (No. 456), ISBN 88-85066-66-6
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has extra text (help) - O’Connor, Colin (1993), Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press, pp. 93f. (I169), ISBN 0-521-39326-4
External links[]
Media related to Ponte Pietra (Verona) at Wikimedia Commons
- Ponte Pietra at Structurae
- Ponte Pietra - 360° Virtual Tour and photos
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- Roman bridges in Italy
- Deck arch bridges
- Stone bridges in Italy
- Bridges in Verona
- Bridges completed in the 1st century BC
- Transport in Verona
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- Italian building and structure stubs