The Ponte Pietra (
Italian
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*** Regional Ita ...
for "Stone Bridge"), is a
Roman arch bridge crossing the
Adige
The Adige (; german: Etsch ; vec, Àdexe ; rm, Adisch ; lld, Adesc; la, Athesis; grc, Ἄθεσις, Áthesis, or , ''Átagis'') is the second-longest river in Italy, after the Po. It rises near the Reschen Pass in the Vinschgau in the pro ...
River in
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city municipality in the region and the second largest in nor ...
,
Italy
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. The bridge was completed in 100 BC, and the
Via Postumia
The Via Postumia was an ancient Roman road of northern Italy constructed in 148 BC by the ''consul'' Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus.
It ran from the coast at Genua through the mountains to Dertona, Placentia (the termination of the Via Aemil ...
from
Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...
to
Aquileia passed over it. It is the oldest bridge in Verona.
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
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troops in
World War II
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, but rebuilt in 1957 with original materials.
See also
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List of Roman bridges
This is a list of Roman bridges. The Romans were the world's first major bridge builders. The following list constitutes an attempt to list all known surviving remains of Roman bridges.
A Roman bridge in the sense of this article includes an ...
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Roman architecture
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Roman engineering
Notes and references
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External links
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Ponte Pietra- 360° Virtual Tour and photos
Roman bridges in Italy
Deck arch bridges
Stone bridges in Italy
Pietra
Bridges completed in the 1st century BC
Transport in Verona
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