The

Pont Pont, meaning "bridge" in French, may refer to: Places France * Pont, Côte-d'Or, in the Côte-d'Or ''département'' * Pont-Bellanger, in the Calvados ''département'' * Pont-d'Ouilly, in the Calvados ''département'' * Pont-Farcy, in the Cal ...

du Diable de Villemagne-l'Argentière is a romanesque bridge in

Villemagne-l'Argentière Villemagne-l'Argentière (; oc, Vilamanha, before 1989: ''Villemagne'') is a commune near Bédarieux in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. History At the end of the 7th century, the first monastery was founded ...

, in the

Hérault Hérault (; oc, Erau, ) is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault River, its prefecture is Montpellier. It had a population of 1,175,623 in 2019.Mare A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four ...

. It is built at a slope due to the different levels of the banks of the Mare.

History

The bridge dates from the 13th century. It was built to allow the shipping of coal and lignite from

Graissessac Graissessac (; oc, Graisseçac) is a commune in the southern French department of Hérault. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 communes of the Hérault department of France. The ...

to the royal glassworks at

Hérépian Hérépian (; oc, Erépia) is a Communes of France, commune in the Hérault Departments of France, département in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region in southern France. Population See also *Commune ...

Protection

The bridge was protected as a

historic monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, hist ...

on the 27 May 1936. It is the property of the

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pont du Diable (Villemagne-l'Argentière) Bridges completed in the 18th century Diable Monuments historiques of Hérault Transport in Occitania (administrative region) Tourist attractions in Hérault 18th-century architecture in France