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The '''Ponte Emilio''', or '''Ponte Rotto''', was a bridge in the [[Vaticano District]] of [[Rome]] that connected Trastevere to the Forum Boarium until it was party destroyed and deemed too expensive to fix in 1598. | |||
[[File:Ponteemilio.jpg|thumb|260px|Ponte Emilio.]]The '''Ponte Emilio''', or '''Ponte Rotto''', was a bridge in the [[Vaticano District]] of [[Rome]] that connected Trastevere to the Forum Boarium until it was party destroyed and deemed too expensive to fix in 1598. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Preceded by a wooden version, it was rebuilt in stone in the 2nd century BC. It once spanned the Tiber, but a single arch in mid-river is all that remains today, lending the bridge its name Ponte Rotto ("Broken bridge"). | Preceded by a wooden version, it was rebuilt in stone in the 2nd century BC. It once spanned the Tiber, but a single arch in mid-river is all that remains today, lending the bridge its name Ponte Rotto ("Broken bridge"). | ||
The oldest piers of the bridge were likely laid when the Via Aurelia was constructed in the mid-3rd century BC. Initially constructed in 179 BC with stone piers and a wooden superstructure, the bridge was fitted in 142 BC with six wholly stone arches. In 12 BC, Augustus completely restored the bridge with a tuff and concrete core. | The oldest piers of the bridge were likely laid when the Via Aurelia was constructed in the mid-3rd century BC. Initially constructed in 179 BC with stone piers and a wooden superstructure, the bridge was fitted in 142 BC with six wholly stone arches. In 12 BC, Augustus completely restored the bridge with a tuff and concrete core. | ||
===Damages=== | ===Damages=== | ||
Damaged and repaired on several occasions, the bridge was defunct by 1598, when its eastern half was carried away in a flood. The remaining half was demolished in the 1880s, leaving behind only one arch.<ref name="wiki">''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pons_Aemilius Ponte Emilio Wikipedia Article]''</ref> | Damaged and repaired on several occasions, the bridge was defunct by 1598, when its eastern half was carried away in a flood. The remaining half was demolished in the 1880s, leaving behind only one arch.<ref name="wiki">''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pons_Aemilius Ponte Emilio Wikipedia Article]''</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 00:20, 6 January 2012
The Ponte Emilio, or Ponte Rotto, was a bridge in the Vaticano District of Rome that connected Trastevere to the Forum Boarium until it was party destroyed and deemed too expensive to fix in 1598.
History
Construction
Preceded by a wooden version, it was rebuilt in stone in the 2nd century BC. It once spanned the Tiber, but a single arch in mid-river is all that remains today, lending the bridge its name Ponte Rotto ("Broken bridge"). The oldest piers of the bridge were likely laid when the Via Aurelia was constructed in the mid-3rd century BC. Initially constructed in 179 BC with stone piers and a wooden superstructure, the bridge was fitted in 142 BC with six wholly stone arches. In 12 BC, Augustus completely restored the bridge with a tuff and concrete core.
Damages
Damaged and repaired on several occasions, the bridge was defunct by 1598, when its eastern half was carried away in a flood. The remaining half was demolished in the 1880s, leaving behind only one arch.[1]