Pont De Pierre (other)
Pont de Pierre may refer to the following bridges: * Pont de Pierre (Aosta), a Roman bridge in Aosta, Italy * Pont de Pierre (Bordeaux), a 19th-century bridge in Bordeaux, France See also * Stone Bridge (other) Stone Bridge may refer to: Bridges * Stone Bridge (Adana), across the Seyhan River in Adana, Turkey * Stone Bridge (Saint Petersburg), across Griboedov Canal in Saint Petersburg, Russia * Stone Bridge (Skopje), across the Vardar River in Skopje, ...

Pont De Pierre (Aosta)
The Pont de Pierre (French; it, Ponte di pietra), meaning "Stone Bridge", is a Roman bridge in the Italian city of Aosta in the Aosta Valley. The bridge crossed the Buthier about from the eastern exit of the Roman colony Augusta Praetoria; in later times the '' torrente'' changed its course, leaving the ancient bridge today without water. The single-arch bridge has a span of and a width of . The arch vault consists of large voussoirs and shows a comparatively flat profile (span to rise ratio 3:1). The facing was built of pudding stone, the spandrels filled with Roman concrete. The structure is dated to the second half of the reign of Augustus (30 BC–14 AD), who had earlier founded the military colony Augusta Praetoria at an important road junction (24 BC). The Pont de Pierre was of particularly strategic importance, since in Aosta the transalpine routes to Gaul branched off into the Little St Bernard and the Great St Bernard Pass. In southeasterly direction towar ...
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Pont De Pierre (Bordeaux)
The Pont de pierre, or "Stone Bridge" in English, is a bridge in Bordeaux, (in the Gironde department of France), which connects the left bank of the river Garonne (''cours Victor Hugo'') to the right bank '' quartier de la Bastide'' (''Avenue Thiers''). It is in length and wide. It constitutes the legal frontier between the maritime domain and the river domain in the port of Bordeaux. Name and translation "Stone bridge" is the usual translation of "Pont de pierre", however the real meaning of the french phrase "pont de pierre" is "masson bridge". As a matter of fact, the bridge is built mainly of brick and not stone. Overview First bridge over the river Garonne at Bordeaux, the Pont de pierre was planned and designed during the First French Empire, under the orders of Napoleon I. As he campaigned in Spain, he needed his troops cross rapidly the river, and the original project envisaged a wood bridge, easier to build. Until then, it was necessary to cross the river by boa ...
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